Hacker News with Generative AI: Seafaring

Stone tool analysis in Southeast Asia provides evidence of seafaring technology (popularmechanics.com)
Sophisticated seafaring technology may actually have originated in the islands of Southeast Asia
Archaeology, Southeast Asia, Technology, Seafaring
31 points by bookofjoe 5 days ago | 17 comments
The tooth, the whole tooth and the jawbone too (thequackdoctor.substack.com)
An 18th-century sea voyage from the East Indies to Great Britain was at best tedious and at worst fatal, should disaster befall the vessel or disease break out on board.
History, Medicine, Seafaring
47 points by Hooke 84 days ago | 25 comments