Map showing extent of Doggerland, a vast territory in northwest Europe that was above sea level 16,000 years ago, and the territory’s diminishing size as ice melted and the North Sea rose. Illustration by Claus Lunau/Science Photo Library.

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  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Doggerland was discovered when a dredging trawler brought up a block of peat and they found a stone tool inside. They were, of course, initially mystified about how a stone tool could end up inside peat under the ocean.