Prehistoric Seafaring Monkeys on Rafts!

[Bones McCoy]

This seems frankly ludicrous...

Crew of prehistoric monkeys rafted across the Atlantic to South America | CNN

A crew of a now-extinct monkeys made a treacherous transatlantic journey on a natural raft from Africa to settle in South America around 35 million years ago, according to a study of fossilized teeth found in Peru.

www.cnn.com

Nobody knows how African gourds got to South America, maybe the monkeys brought them.

Nobody knows how South American sweet potatoes crossed the Pacific, blame that on monkeys also.

 

[Harte]

Turns out that there are no ancient South American sweet potatoes in Indonesia.

And believe it or not, gourds actually float.

Harte

 

[Num7]

A natural raft, that's something I never heard of. I suppose super dense jungles could have blocks of vegetation and land break off, somehow. If it gets to the ocean and float, that can work. I'm wondering how big it would have to be.

Imagine the odds of that happening, let alone riding it for 900 miles to some place!

 

[Bones McCoy]

Turns out that there are no ancient South American sweet potatoes in Indonesia.

This is the most recent citation that I could find:

When did sweet potatoes arrive in the Pacific - Expert Reaction

New research has cast doubt on the theory that the presence of sweet potatoes in Polynesia indicates early contact with South America, but New Zealand experts aren't convinced. Using genetic evidence, the researchers suggest sweet potatoes are at least 800,000 years old, far older than even e

www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz

 

[Harte]

There exists no organic sample of any ancient sweet potato in the South Pacific.
Like your link says, that particular contact isn't supported.

Harte

 

[Grouchy Old Man]

This seems frankly ludicrous...

Crew of prehistoric monkeys rafted across the Atlantic to South America | CNN

A crew of a now-extinct monkeys made a treacherous transatlantic journey on a natural raft from Africa to settle in South America around 35 million years ago, according to a study of fossilized teeth found in Peru.

www.cnn.com

Nobody knows how African gourds got to South America, maybe the monkeys brought them.

Nobody knows how South American sweet potatoes crossed the Pacific, blame that on monkeys also.

I was going to say the Bering Land Bridge Theory but its been shown that migratory patterns came from all different directions...

 

[TimeFlipper]

There exists no organic sample of any ancient sweet potato in the South Pacific.
Like your link says, that particular contact isn't supported.

Harte

Photographic Proof Of Monkeys Carrying Sweet Potatoes On A Raft...There was thousands of these Monkeys making such trips. ..

 

[Bones McCoy]

Photographic Proof Of Monkeys Carrying Sweet Potatoes On A Raft...There was thousands of these Monkeys making such trips. ..View attachment 13082

 

[Bones McCoy]

 

[TimeFlipper]

Its missing the sail ..