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Prehistoric people transported 2-tonne stone by boat (www.newscientist.com)

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An analysis of the provenance of the Matarrubilla stone, a large megalith at Valencina in Spain, indicates that the monument’s builders must have had advanced seafaring technology

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

There's a link in the post that will help you access the full article.

Concerning your question, I think the answer would be in the following segment:

“The Matarrubilla stone basin is a good piece of indirect evidence, which, in our opinion, proves that these people had advanced raft, canoe or sailing-boat technology.”

For details, here is the paper.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

thank you i didn't see the archive link at all and i was looking! just not awake