Ancient DNA Shows Stone Age Europeans Voyaged by Sea to Africa

Re:Ancient DNA Shows Stone Age Europeans Voyaged by Sea to A... by dgfitz on Friday March 21, 2025 @06:18PM (#43441337)

I’m so sorry, I don’t understand the disconnect.

> Hunter-gatherers from Europe and North Africa could have traversed

“May” and “could have” aren’t meaningful, and the quotes ends with additional ambiguity.

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Re:Ancient DNA Shows Stone Age Europeans Voyaged by Sea to A... by nkrisc on Friday March 21, 2025 @06:37PM (#43441486)

I don’t see the problem. They’re making a claim and have some evidence. That of course doesn’t mean they’re actually correct, but that’s their claim.

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Re:Ancient DNA Shows Stone Age Europeans Voyaged by Sea to A... by anigbrowl on Friday March 21, 2025 @09:37PM (#43442503)

You're interpreting 'could have' as a possibility when it can also be interpreted as a statement of capability.

- Evidence X, Y, Z points to a European origin for these discoveries.

- How could Europeans have got to North Africa so long ago?

- They could have done it by island hopping.

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