How Ancient Humans Reached Remote South Pacific Islands

Re:How Ancient Humans Reached Remote South Pacific Islands by davidw on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @12:11PM (#12856328)

Those guys had to have been absolutely top-notch fishermen, too. I'd have to think drinking water might be a more limiting factor, although some parts of the tropics certainly have daily rains that would likely provide that.

More than anything, I just wonder how they managed to cross thousands of miles of open water and hit relatively tiny targets.

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Re:How Ancient Humans Reached Remote South Pacific Islands by singularity2001 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @01:51PM (#12857457)

It's hard to imagine these days but back then you could catch so much fish, you could easily retrieve enough fluid (blood) from them that you wouldn't need any rain.

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Re:How Ancient Humans Reached Remote South Pacific Islands by civilian on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:08PM (#12857626)

Don't forget that fish eyes are a good source of fresh water too!

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Re:How Ancient Humans Reached Remote South Pacific Islands by macintux on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @05:10PM (#12859301)

Man, I hope I never need this information.

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Re:How Ancient Humans Reached Remote South Pacific Islands by L_226 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @11:53PM (#12861475)

Many oceanic fish also have non trivial amounts potable fluid along their spines.

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