@Tarnport Incredible! I've coincidentally been reading this evening about the possibility that *Homo erectus* built boats to reach islands in South East Asia (after it was mentioned on a SciShow video).
There's such a long, long line of history behind us, of people being people.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/do-we-know-when-ancient-humans-first-built-boats


