Ancient migration was choice, not chance: Paleolithic people likely colonized the Ryukyu Islands intentionally – Science Daily

The degree of intentionality behind ancient ocean migrations, such as that to the Ryukyu Islands between Taiwan and mainland Japan, has been widely debated. Researchers used satellite-tracked buoys to simulate ancient wayward drifters and found that the vast majority failed to make the contested crossing. They concluded that Paleolithic people 35,000-30,000 years ago must therefore have made the journey not by chance but by choice.Human migration over the last 50,000 years is an essential part of…

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