Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic TY - JOUR JO - Anthropologie (Brno) TI - Pleistocene Seafaring in the Mediterranean AU - Bednarik RG Y1 - 1999 VL - 37 IS - 3 PB - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic SN - 0323-1119 SP - 275 EP - 282 KW - Navigation KW - Hominids KW - Mediterranean KW - Replication N2 - N2 - Archaeological evidence from many islands in the world indicates clearly that seafaring was widely practised in the Pleistocene, and may have commenced about one million years ago. The massive hiatus in the Pleistocene record that is attributable to eustatic sea level changes is briefly examined, followed by the evidence of human colonisation of various Mediterranean islands. Archaeological evidence also suggests that Acheulian hominids may have crossed the Strait of Gibraltar. A current project of replicating Pleistocene sea crossings is introduced and discussed. ER -