Thinking about the Out of Africa phase of human migration always interests me. One thing that must be considered, relative to this experiment, is that our ancestors wouldn’t initially have know that there was any land to reach at the end of their voyage. What drove them to paddle into nothingness (if this was an accurate representation of how they traveled)? Fascinating stuff.
Yes but he did it the wrong way South America -> Polynesia.
Turns out it actually happened the other way around Asia -> Polynesia -> South America. Most likely, still a lot to be determined.