Stone tool analysis in Southeast Asia provides evidence of seafaring technology

https://archive.ph/gsoEH

I remember in history class, at this period humans are merely discovering stone tools and discovery of fire. Yet here, researchers presented evidence of tools from boat-makers and other technology where humans navigate on deep waters? this is crazy!

Yet more evidence that Graham Hancock is right - even as far back as 10,000 years ago, humans had the technology to be a seafaring civilization with potentially a world-wide span. Could this advanced technology be the product of the ancient Lemuria civilization that was submerged when the sea-level rose after the end of the Ice Age, and is talked about in the oral tradition of South-East Asian peoples?

Does anyone have a cite for the actual paper? I can't seem to access it via ScienceDirect.

The people who left Sunda and crossed the Weber line to settle Sahul 50 - 60,000 years ago had to traverse about 90km of deep ocean to do so.

"Passively floating on a raft" for 90km was never really plausible.

Graham Hancock and his theory on advanced civilizations before a cataclysm feels like it's getting more and more traction given evidence like this. The previous theories of civilization starting 6000 years ago in Mesopotamia seems like it's wrong, given how hard it is to prove strong evidence like this article and other sites like Gobleki Tepe, which is 12,000+ years old.

Crazy!

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