AgoraRefuge

This is a really interesting topic and it's not often we get to talk to someone with your expertise.

What I am really curious about is boats. From my very limited reading, it seems like the peopling of the Americas happened really quickly in terms of how people were dispersed. The time it took to get from what is now Alaska/Canada to the southern tip of South America is so short from what I've read.

Do knowledgable people think that maybe sea travel, at least along the coast, was involved as well as walking in terms of dispersal across the continents?

That also kind of makes me want to ask, do we know just how old are boats and seafaring are?

No worries if you don't get to this, but if you do, I am very curious about your answer!

Fascinating, thanks for the links!

I am an applied math graduate. Can you tell me if you know of any applications of Conway's surreal numbers? My modern algebra is non existent but the idea of a "biggest" set of numbers, in that they contain all the others seems really cool