6/7 What was the final niche frontier? The answer is: the sea. Seafaring is the least well understood of the great human transitions. We documented the oldest long distance sea journeys in the Med by hunter-gatherers, showing they reached and shaped, small islands:
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Archaeological discoveries from Malta suggest that humans were present on the Maltese islands from around 8,500 years ago, providing evidence that Mesolithic hunter-gatherers made sea crossings as lon...
