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Thor Heyerdahl was born in Larvik, Norway, on October 6, 1914. In 1933, Heyerdahl entered the University of Oslo to study zoology, and his mother took an apartment there. In 1933, Heyerdahl entered the University of Oslo to study zoology, and his mother took an apartment there. Heyerdahl argued that the Sumerian culture was not an isolated one but that, because of his demonstration of the capability of their sailing vessels, they could have traveled as far as Egypt as well as to the important Indus River civilization. Heyerdahl organized and led two archaeological expeditions to the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean to investigate the prehistoric Maldives regarding global trade. Heyerdahl undertook several successful sea voyages using prehistoric type of craft to demonstrate that early man was skilled in navigation on ocean currents and thus, by transpacific and transatlantic crossings, was able to migrate. He has written numerous books, both popular and scientific, about his voyages and dif-fusionist theories.