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I blame Cogs, leading me on there.

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.

Cognito wrote:. However, I do appreciate blonde and gullible.

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.

It's mostly a primitive rodent.

Sod you Beag! You stopped me airing my knowledge!

I'm sorry Dig. I'll step aside. I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunity.

BTW - what does "sod you" mean? Am I cursed?

Mild English expletive Beag, not insulting between friends.

I like British phrases, one day I need to get a book though.

Anyway, we know that the kangaroo is a primitive giant rat. Your version would have been better, no doubt.

No! Just a suggestion for Min to produce an image of a suitable Rat trap!

Thank you, Beags and Dig.

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 didn't want to blow your topic off course.

This thread hasn't had a topic in a long time.

To most of us, an old boat will at least be Pleistocene in age. Prior to 10,000 BC.

Boats today Ish have science behind them, and like modern cars, are all begiining to look the same.
Any age helps show the development of water craft.

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.

They're in the bunker.

Did Michelle or someone move all the Aus stuff to New World then?