Environmental Graffiti

Mankind’s First Island Voyages

Would you have dared to cross the oceans in a primitive boat, long before navigational routes were charted, to an unknown destiny? Find out more about the earliest sea voyages in history. Homo erectus rafting to undiscovered islands barely visible on the horizon is more than a courageous and dangerous sea voyage. It is a fascinating journey into the evolution of cooperative social behavior and the cognitive capacities of the human mind.

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Homo Erectus Crosses The Open Ocean

Imagine a group of Homo erectus, the earliest members of our family genus, living near a coastline on an Indonesia island and well aware of a lush island that is visible only a few miles offshore. One day while on the coast, a herd of elephants emerges from the nearby forest and crosses the beach. They enter the ocean and swim successfully to the offshore island. Could this be the experience that triggers a creative process in our ancestors who are watching nearby?

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