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Stone Tools Found On Crete Push Back Humans' Maritime History
The New York Times reports that stone tools discovered on the Greek island of Crete, and reported last month at an academic conference, are strong evidence for rethinking the maritime capabilities of early humans. The researchers who found the tools (hand-axes, cleavers, and scrapers) estimate them to be at least 130,000 years old; if they're right, humans have been traveling long distances at sea (Crete is 200 miles from the northern African coastline) for at least several tens of thousands of years longer than earlier believed.
It would be more surprising if no one thought of make a raft or boat for tens of thousands of years.
Just as equally surprising is that the romans didn't bother to build an airplane or nuclear reactor, since they obviously knew how to do that too.
Of course the missing part in the bible is that when Jesus rose from the dead, he hopped in his F22 and spread the message of love and advanced weaponry to the world. Thats how America got to be number one.
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
Why would ancient people make "tools" of those shapes when they could find stones of those shapes in a rock pile?