First, Kanazawa’s (2008) computations of geographic distance used Pythagoras’ theorem and so the paper assumed that the earth is flat (Gelade, 2008). Second, these computations imply that ancestors of indigenous populations of, say, South America traveled direct routes across the Atlantic rather than via Eurasia and the Bering Strait.
Was just reading about some goings-on at Intelligence earlier today.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/14/the-journal-intelligence-really-needs-to-change-its-name
Ah yes, the journal of intelligence: