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Doggerland (where Dogger Bank is situated) is a pretty intriguing place and worth reading up on. But the general gist is that the UK was landbridged to the Neth
by robin_reala 6y ago
Doggerland (where Dogger Bank is situated) is a pretty intriguing place and worth reading up on. But the general gist is that the UK was landbridged to the Netherlands and Denmark up until relatively recently (10,000BC) when a glacial lake gave way and submerged the area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland
- pestatije 6y agoThe cool thing about this is trawlers in the area have occasionally hauled man-made specimens from the era (~10,000BC), meaning there could be archaeological remains just there underwater.
- Someone 6y agoOne can also find animal remains there (https://thenaturalhistorian.com/2014/02/04/fishing-for-fossils-in-the-north-sea-the-lost-world-of-doggerland/ https://thenaturalhistorian.com/2014/02/04/fishing-for-fossi...) You can even buy them (https://www.northseafossils.com/ https://www.northseafossils.com/). A mammoth molar is a few hundred $. Prices go up for rarer parts ($19,999 for a largely complete skull, for example https://www.northseafossils.com/component/jshopping/product/view/35/5425?Itemid=0 https://www.northseafossils.com/component/jshopping/product/...)
- ncmncm 6y agoThere should be restrictions on building close to now-drowned river courses where archaeological remains are most likely to be found someday.