(November 11, 2011 at 1:27 pm)Minimalist Wrote: When geology tells us that the waters surrounding the island have never been less than 6 feet deep in the last 2 million years it really only leaves one real means of humans getting to that island.
Homo erectus are believed to have crossed the Gibraltar Strait – not swimming, of course.
I believe that they were quite capable of building boats (The brain capacity of the novelist Anatole France was 1,000 ml. The brain capacity of Homo erectus was 750 to 1250 ml).
But as regards your claim that geology tells us that the waters surrounding the island have never been less than 6 feet deep in the last 2 million years I have to say that no geologist would dare say something like that (unless you are referring to an island into some river or lake). In 2 million years sea level has risen and fell many times and no one knows the exact rate and amount. At present, the sea has risen 130 meters and keeps rising.
What island are you referring to?
