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(1914–2002). The Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, contains the primitive oceangoing vessels that anthropologist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl used to prove the possibility of transoceanic contact between ancient, widely separated civilizations. His expeditions were successful, but his theories have not been generally accepted by more academic anthropologists.

Thor Heyerdahl was born in Larvik, Norway, on Oct. 6, 1914. From 1933 to 1936, he attended the University of Oslo, where he specialized in zoology and geography.…

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