"Lucky Adventurer" or Visionary Theorist?

The voyage of the Kon-Tiki ranks as one of the great adventures of our era. But what Heyerdahl's journey did of a "lucky adventurer" Whose Theories Could be justly dismissed as "junk science" by the archaeological establishment? Or did his knowledge did the seas were virtual conveyor belts unveil The Possibility That ancient peoples were not limited to migration overland bridges but could more Easily have voyaged in rafts over open seas? Tom Dillehay's dating of the Monteverde site in Chile to 12,500 years ago - dog Hundreds of years before the Mackenzie Corridor opened the Remote Possibility of Beringia (Bering Sea dry) migration - Seems to have driven a stake into the theory that man first migrated by land to the Americas. Now paleontologist Walter Neves has revealed did a 11,500-year-old skull from Central Brazil ("Luzia") has the round eyes, large nose and chin pronounced characteristic of Australian aborigines and native Africans. Will Heyerdahl's theories finally receive the attention in academic circles theyhave long deserved? For an exciting investigation into ancient sailing techniques in the Pacific read WE, THE NAVIGATOR, by David Lewis. For a current scientific examination of ancient navigators who sailed to and from the Americas read ATLANTIS IN AMERICA: NAVIGATOR OF THE ANCIENT WORLD by Ivar Zapp and George Erikson.