Interesting.

Given my lack of knowledge of archeology, I will tenetively state that I don't recall hearing anything that would suggest that people of that age possessed the necessary navigational skill to deliberately sail to such places.

However, that does not preclude the possibility of accidental travel to these lands, does it?

So I guess my final answer is...

Sure! Why not?

DK

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Originally Posted by arcura

I just read and article in Discover Magazine which reported that in the last several years several archaeologist have uncovered evidence that people traveled by boat at sea to other areas such as to Australia as long as 50,000 years ago.
Do you believe that that could be?

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Just wondering, what would be Discover Magazine's incentive to lie to people about this?

kindj,
I believe that yes it could happen by accident.
But I also think that some people did use floating things such as rafts or boats or barges to sail or float long distances from island to island out of curiosity.
Peace and kindness,
Fred

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Originally Posted by ravana2

maybe that can explain mormons theory about jesus in america .

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That is a different topic. For more information on that, go to this website:

http://www.geocities.com/smithtj.geo/mormonism.html