skepticalbip
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Not at all. The theory pretty much describes the same lifestyle as how eskimos survived until very recently. The difference being that the proposed group followed the shoreline south rather than like the eskimos that followed the edge of the ice sheet to Greenland. Use of a boat makes moving a family and all the necessary domestic tools much easier than a trek through thick forests, across rivers, and over mountains.There is a theory that the first migration into the Americas was by boat, following the shorelines, collecting shellfish, fishing, and killing seals, otters, etc. for food while camping on the shoreline. If this theory has any validity then there would have been no geographical barriers. Collecting food along a shoreline is certainly a much easier task than hunting big game and paddling a small skin covered boat much easier than walking while carrying belongings on your back.
I feel like you are imagining a bunch of explorers going on an "adventure", rather than a large extended family more or less just trying to survive on a landscape.
You may also note that the Australian aborigines had to have used boats to get to Australia at least 40,000 (and possibly 60,000) years ago.