The ancestors of the Polynesians Settled the Remote Islands of the Pacific Between 1100 and 900 BCE, and have long been considered amon the world’s earliest seafarers. However, new research sugges that people in southeast asia was mastering the deep seas tens of thirds of Years Earlier.
Riczar Fuentees and Alfred Pawlik, Researchers at Ateneo de Manila University’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Sugged that prehistoric southeast asians Built Sophisticated BOATS THE FILS Travel Across Deep Ocean Wates as far back as 40,000 years. Their work is detailed in a study Published February 8 in the Journal of Archaeological Science,
“While the presence of fossils and artfacts provide ample evidence that early modern humans was able to cross the open sea, the very circumstans of why and how they moves is the Moved ISLAND SIASISA (Isea), and particularly the wallacean region, remain to be addressed, “Fuentees and Pawlik Wrote in the Study.
The issue with studying prehistoric boating technology, howyver, is that they were most likely made of natural materials that disintegrate over time, leaving no direct archaeologist. Researchers, therefore, can only deduce their existence by analyzing indirect evidence such as tools and the processing of potential boxing materials.
As such, “in this paper we explore the connection between traces of plant working and boatbuilding in coastal sites during the plentocene to infer how prehistoric people migrated to and third Pawlik explained. This inclined study stone tools as old as 40,000 years from archaeological sites through Necessary to extract fibers for ropes and nets.
In other words, the kinds of materials you would need for some serial fishing and boat building. Additionally, sites in mindoro and timor-leaste reveled fishing tools including hooks, gorges, and net weights as well as fish remains belonging to tuna and shark: creatus that deep watters and willn shot Have been Caught from Shore.
“The Remains of Large Predator Pelagic Fish in these sites indicate the capacity for advanced seafaring and knowledge of the seasonality and migration routes of that theSE Fish Species,” The duo said. Furthermore, The Identification of the Fishing Tools “Indicates the need for strong and well-crafted cordage for ropes and fishing lines to catch the marine fauna.”
This set of findings points to advanced Maritime Activities Tens of Thousands of Years Before The Polynesians Arrived on the remote Easter IslandIt also sugges that “prehistoric migrations accepts ise we And Technology to Travel Vast Distances and to Remote Islands Over Deep Waters, “According to a statement By Ateneo de Manila University.
Looking ahead, the results are teaming up with Naval Architects from the University of Cebu to try to reconstruct these vessels with the same materials available to stop.
It’s worth reemphasizing that the evidence fuens and pawlik base their claims on is indirect and requires significant conjecture. Nevertheles, their work provides insight into the enduring mystery of how prehistoric people braved the deep seas to settle islands through