Sunday, September 11, 2011

Pacific Seafarers and Maritime Cultures

I liked this article more that the last one that was assigned. Something I found very interesting in this article is that it is believed that Homo erectus traveled by about 20-30km long. Even though it isn't extremely long distances and it was only by raft, it is still amazing that they were capable of doing so. It is also amazing that about 3,000 years ago people sailed 850 km to Tonga and Samoa, and they built boats that were capable of sustaining the current and winds. One thing that caught my attention is that the sea level used to be 410 feet lower than it is today! 

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