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The remains found in modern Tunisia shared genes with people in what is now Morocco and Spain. It’s more likely they paddled than walked the long way around.
by ch4s3 2y ago
The remains found in modern Tunisia shared genes with people in what is now Morocco and Spain. It’s more likely they paddled than walked the long way around.
- WalterBright 2y agoI'd say the case was probable, but it's still speculation. I'm glad I'm not an archaeologist. They are faced with very little evidence, and of course try to extend it as far as possible. And then a new discovery throws that under the bus.
- jajko 2y agoSometimes, you just take by far the most logical conclusion and go with it. Like here - sure, they could have gone around via Turkey on some ridiculous super long trip, crossing various cultures not always open to foreigners while leaving no proofs about it. Or just cross the sea, its not that far and sea faring was one of the first skills mankind learned, over much greater distances and rougher seas than Mediterranean.
- WalterBright 2y agoOr maybe: 1. they built a boat and rowed across 2. they banished Thag who had dallied with the King Oog's lady, who then wandered following the shore and a year later was in Spain. Thag was popular with the ladies, and had many descendants 3. through human brownian motion over a century, some wound up in Spain