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[-] huf@hexbear.net 38 points 4 months ago

travel took an incredibly long time and was super uncomfortable and dangerous, but we have evidence of like neolithic pottery being traded vast distances.

[-] REgon@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

If coconuts can emigrate to Hawai'i on their own, then people can cross the gibraltar strait

[-] huf@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

people have always moved around for various reasons. and then they fucked.

[-] REgon@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

Nah that's historically inacurrate, I should know I've played the withcer

[-] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago
[-] REgon@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago
[-] somename@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

Yeah, some people have that exploration demon in them, and wanna see the world. People were still people then, just like today.

[-] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

There are flint tools on Crete that suggest that Neanderthals were sailing on the Mediterranean Sea 130,000 years ago! Which is pretty bonkers.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

And travel was sometimes just a necessity, since before mechanised agriculture we were way more vulnerable to periodic changes in climate.

[-] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

Goods can travel across the entire world through trade without any individual person needing to travel further than the next village. The same applies to genes which is only one of many reasons why it's ridiculous to treat other humans like they are some kind of alien species.

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