Professor Curtis Runnels’ Work on Crete Makes Archaeology Magazine’s Top Ten

Professor Curtis Runnels and other members of a research team have discovered stone tools that date to between 130,000 and 700,000 years old at two sites on the island of Crete. The presence of these tools on Crete indicates that human ancestors may have developed seafaring capabilities much earlier than previously believed. After analysis of the tools, Professor Runnels said: "If hominins could move around the Mediterranean before 130,000 years ago, they could cross other bodies of water as well, When similar finds on other islands are confirmed, the door will be opened to the re-evaluation of every assumption we have made about early hominin migrations." For more information go to: http://www.bu.edu/archaeology/2011/01/25/professor-curtis-runnels-work-on-crete-makes-archaeology-magazines-top-ten/