Early Boats
Construction of simple rafts, coracles, and dugout canoes for crossing water bodies.
Core metadata
- ID: early_boats
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -50000 (millennium)
- Region: Sahul sea-crossing routes / later Mesolithic physical boat evidence in the Netherlands
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Hafted Stone-Point Spears (composite_tools)
- Fire Control (fire_control)
- Basic Woodworking (woodworking_basic)
Dependents
- Basic Boat Propulsion (Paddles, Poles) (basic_boat_propulsion)
- Reed Boats (reed_boats)
- Sailing (sailing)
- Refined Dugout Canoes (wooden_dugout_canoe_refinement)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- In Search of the World's Most Ancient Mariners (Science, 2007, review) • Supports: node
- When were boats invented? (Live Science, 2026, generic_overview) • Supports: node
- Oldest Vessel of the World - The Pesse Canoe (Frisia Coast Trail, 2020, generic_overview) • Supports: node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 73%
- Prerequisite sources: 3
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Woodworking (woodworking_basic) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Basic Woodworking is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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| Hafted Stone-Point Spears (composite_tools) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Composite Tools provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Fire Control (fire_control) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Fire Control is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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