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If much of ice age human settlement was along coasts (as it is today) we would expect many if not most possible evidence of human settlement to be submerged. Th
by lunula 10y ago
If much of ice age human settlement was along coasts (as it is today) we would expect many if not most possible evidence of human settlement to be submerged. This could mean that we are underestimating the scale of human habitation of various regions. I'm curious what an archeologist would make of this idea.
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoA map showing Eastern US sea levels today and during the last ice age, when the sea was up to 120 m lower: http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1075/images/sea.gif http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1075/images/sea.gif Interestingly, there is little change near the southern tip of Florida, which might explain the locations of the findings in TFA. As you can seeon the map, huge areas were dry land then but are ocean today. On a global scale, these include the entire Hudson Bay, and all the sea between the UK and Western/Northern Europe. So I guess your theory isn't controversial at all.