Ancient seafarers in Southeast Asia may have built advanced boats 40,000 years ago

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Ancient seafarers in Southeast Asia may have built advanced boats 40,000 years ago

The ancient peoples of the Philippines and of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) may have built sophisticated boats and mastered seafaring tens of thousands of years ago—millennia before Magellan, Zheng He, and even the Polynesians.

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New archaeological evidence suggests that the ancient inhabitants of the Philippines and the islands of Southeast Asia possessed the advanced plant processing technology necessary for the construction of sophisticated ships and fishing on the high seas.The microscopic analysis of stone tools excavated at these sites, dating from about 40,000 years ago, showed clear traces of plant processing, in particular the extraction of fibers needed to make…

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Clues of advanced ancient technology found in the Philippines and Island Southeast Asia

Ateneo de Manila University—The ancient peoples of the Philippines and of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) may have built sophisticated boats and mastered seafaring tens of thousands of years ago—millennia before Magellan, Zheng He, and even the Polynesians. In a new paper* coming out in the April 2025 issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports,... Read more »

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Former Southeast Asian island villages were able to build ships and dominate navigation tens of thousands of years ago, long before Magellan, Zheng He and even Polynesians.