Re:An Ancient Egypt-to-Black Sea Route? Adventurers to Test ...
by goto11 on Friday August 02, 2019 @03:59PM
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> A group of adventurers believe so, and will try to prove their theory by embarking on a similar journey in reverse.
That is a major fallacy. Just because something is technically possible does not mean it actually happened!
Thor Heyerdahl made some impressive boat trips in order to prove some crackpot theories. E.g. he sailed from Peru to Polynesia to support his theory that Polynesia was settled by people sailing west from South America. But all evidence, including recent DNA evidence, points to Polynesia was settled by people sailing east from Asia.
That is a major fallacy. Just because something is technically possible does not mean it actually happened!
Thor Heyerdahl made some impressive boat trips in order to prove some crackpot theories. E.g. he sailed from Peru to Polynesia to support his theory that Polynesia was settled by people sailing west from South America. But all evidence, including recent DNA evidence, points to Polynesia was settled by people sailing east from Asia.