Experiments and simulations show Paleolithic paddlers could outwit the powerful Kuroshio Current by launching dugout canoes ...

Some 30,000 years ago, humans sailed 140 miles from Taiwan to Japan’s southern Yonaguni Island, navigating the Pacific ...

In the forests of eastern Taiwan, a team of scientists set out to answer a question that has puzzled archaeologists for ...

To unravel the mysteries of these difficult voyages, the researchers employed a unique combination of numerical simulations ...

Experimental archaeologists completed a 45-hour canoe trip from Taiwan to Japan using only Paleolithic equipment.

East Asian Paleolithic voyagers may have used dugout canoes to cross one of the strongest currents in the world.

In a new study, researchers reenacted how people in Taiwan might have reached the Ryukyu Islands tens of thousands of years ...

The successfully re-enacted voyage suggests that early modern humans likely had a high level of strategic seafaring knowledge ...

Seeking to unravel the mysteries of prehistoric migration, a team of researchers has recreated a possible ancient sea journey ...

Researchers used a canoe replica to trace Paleolithic migration from Taiwan to Japan, showing how early humans crossed seas ...

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and ...

When and where the earliest modern human populations migrated and settled in East Asia is relatively well known. However, how ...