Joel Stucki wrote:
>A point of clarification here. I was intending that seafaring was yet
>very primitive and generally did not include deep sea ventures or
>sophisticated navigation that would have made frequent contact with
>these creatures more likely. I did not intend to suggest that
>seafaring had not existed for a long time.
Primitive? Did not include deep sea ventures? There has been contact _by sea_ between the Atlantic coasts of the British Isles, Scandinavia, and the Atlantic coast of France with the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula since 10,000 BCE. The mtDNA study (longue duree) published in 2004 establishes the connection. Blue water sailing has been around for a very long time.
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