Ancient Craft, Epic Journey: Scientists Brave 140 Miles Across the Ocean in a Prehistoric Canoe—What They Discovered Changes History!
“As our paleo-ocean model simulation showed, crossing the Kuroshio was possible in ancient times, so I believe they achieved it,” Yu-Lin Chang, a physical oceanographer and the lead author of the second study, said. “However, ocean conditions were highly variable. Thus, ancient people may have encountered unpredictable weather conditions during their journey, which could have led to failure.”
After reading about the journey of this primitive canoe from Taiwan to Japan, learn about Thor Heyerdahl and his Kon-Tiki expedition. Then, go inside history’s most famous shipwrecks.
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