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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43462600
This map shows the spread of Homo sapiens out of Africa and across the globe, with very approximate dates.
Author: Altaileopard in 2006
1500 BC a bunch of people just fucking airdropped into Madagascar
That is actually pretty much what happened.
The language they speak in Madagascar is a Polynesian language. Polynesia is north of Australia. Apparently the people in mainland Africa had not come to sail far enough to the sea in order to notice there's a big-ass island to inhabit. Then they got visitors going "hi, wanna join us on our new place?"
The Dawn of Everything, by David Graeber and David Wengrow. Reaaaally great book about this, and many other cool things humans did a long time ago.
So still no humans on Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, Japan ...?
@Innerworld why does this look like a giant cardiovascular system ?
The world is a mirror of the soul and the soul a mirror of the world. —Alan Watts
Truth.