🤔 Oh sure, because nothing says cutting-edge #science like grown adults #LARPing as ancient mariners in a hollowed-out log, right? 🚣‍♂️ Just imagine the funding pitch: "Let's pretend we're prehistoric, but in a way that makes even cavemen cringe". 🙄
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/science/anthropology-ocean-migration-japan.html #AncientMariners #PrehistoricFunding #CuttingEdgeResearch #CringeWorthy #HackerNews #ngated
Scientists Retrace 30,000-Year-Old Ocean Voyage, in a Hollowed-Out Log

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and migrated offshore.

The New York Times