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> They've never invented oars, without which they cannot leave the island. Hmm so how did they get there?
by yread 13y ago
> They've never invented oars, without which they cannot leave the island.
Hmm so how did they get there?
- ctdonath 13y agoActually looking at a map, the island is a mere 20km from a much larger island, which in turn is a few hundred km from mainland. The larger island is situated such that anything floating out to sea from the mainland has a 25% chance of hitting the larger island. From there, someone would find their way to the smaller island. Quite possible that some people floated out to North Sentinel Island in a confluence of events. Once there, if you don't have oars odds are you're not coming back if you leave (floating or swimming).
- samatman 13y agoSea levels have varied quite a bit in the last 65,000 years.
- namenotrequired 13y agoPossibly with primitive sail boats, or over land before the sea cut them off. It´s also possible they did have oars but forgot about them at some point over the thousands of years because they didn´t need them.