One lingering question I have for all migrations in antiquity is why (given very low pop density)?
I’m sure some were for the sake of exploration (maybe wanderlust). But in the vast Pacific if you wanted tropical abundance you had the Indonesian archipelago. Why bother to search for low density land like Micronesia, etc?
Did people just overhunt and overfish so they had to move on before agriculture took hold?
I’m sure some were for the sake of exploration (maybe wanderlust). But in the vast Pacific if you wanted tropical abundance you had the Indonesian archipelago. Why bother to search for low density land like Micronesia, etc?
Did people just overhunt and overfish so they had to move on before agriculture took hold?