The Western Hemisphere. General term for the Americas following their discovery by Europeans, thus setting them in contradistinction to the Old World of Africa, Europe, and Asia.
Sorry Ish ... I thought you were aware of the previous discussions along this line. That's what I get for thinking. However, I do appreciate blonde and gullible.
Deep water channels required boats or rafts to make it to Australia. Here is a better representation of land exposed at the LGM.
Along the way it has been shown that H. erectus made it to the island of Flores circa 800kya which required a deep channel crossing. If that could be done, don't be surprised if very old hominid fossils are found in Australia or New Guinea sometime in the near or distant future.
Thank you, Dig. I will remember that....but then, how did the kangaroos get there?
The kangaroo, and all marsupial species of Australia, were present in Gondwanaland, an early landmass. After separation, these animals did not complete the evolutionary process to full mammalization.
I didn't want to blow your topic off course. Of course, it's not my area of expertise. It's just that you were talking about boats anyway .... and Rich has been on at me to find an old shamanic boat in the cave art and so on. So I'm wondering how old does it have to be for you to find it interesting? I can't seem to get an answer to that question ...yet.
I remember, a long time ago when I watched TV, a Nova type program when they showed from an under water point of view, elephant drivers taking their rides from one island to another.
In short, they can swim. And quite well.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
