Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months ago

A Massive Tsunami Could Have Wiped Out Populations in Stone Age Britain

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A Massive Tsunami Could Have Wiped Out Populations in Stone Age Britain

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Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months ago

About 8,200 years ago, an underwater landslide known as the Storegga slide near Norway triggered a tsunami that engulfed parts of northern Europe.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jqs.3586

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Maybe the source of so many flood related mythos
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