from KOHALA Volume 1: Owhyhee

70,000 years ago our ancestors embarked on a journey from Africa that would eventually populate almost every habitable corner of the Earth. These early humans followed natural highways—coastlines and river valleys—that provided reliable sustenance and clear pathways through unknown territories.

The Southern Coastal Route emerged as one of the first major corridors leading humans out of Africa, across the Arabian Peninsula, and along the coastlines of India and Southeast Asia, before reaching East Asia. The Ice Age made this easier by lowering sea levels and exposing vast land bridges that connected previously separated landmasses.

By 50,000 BCE, intrepid travelers had established settlements in what would later become China. These early communities thrived by hunting, gathering, and fishing. They developed increasingly refined tools and tool-making techniques, and their proximity to coastal waters also sparked innovations in maritime technology that would later enable their more ambitious journeys.

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