Scientists Find Possible Traces of 'Lost' Stone Age Settlement Beneath the North Sea

Livescience.com ^ | Tom Metcalfe

[rdl6989]

Deep beneath the North Sea, scientists have discovered a fossilized forest that could hold traces of prehistoric early humans who lived there around 10,000 years ago, before the land slipped beneath the waves a few thousand years later.

The discovery gives the researchers new hope in their search for "lost" Middle Stone Age — or Mesolithic — settlements of hunter-gatherers, because the find shows that they have found a particular type of exposed ancient landscape.

[rdl6989]

Ping.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks rdl6989.

[EnglishOnly]

“Possible”?

It’s possible, - someone built and escalator to the moon.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

The Mesolithic: When crossing the English Channel was a walk in the park.

[SunkenCiv]

The rest of the "Doggerland" keyword:

• Life was good for Stone Age Norwegians along Oslo Fjord [2018]
• Mysterious Graves Discovered at Ancient European Cemetery [2016]
• Hazelnut shells found at Skye Mesolithic site [2015]
• Mesolithic site on Skye to be investigated [2015]
• Doggerland: Secrets of ancient land submerged to be revealed [2015]
• Britain Imported Wheat 2,000 Years Before Growing It [2015]
• Ancient underwater forest discovered off Norfolk coast [2015]
• 'How Britain's Atlantis' and its tribes were wiped out by a TSUNAMI triggered by a landslide [2014]
• The real flood: Submerged prehistory [2014]
• Snails Reveal Ancient Human Migration from France to Ireland [2013]
• Biblical-Type Floods Are Real, and They're Absolutely Enormous [2012]
• 'Britain's Atlantis' found at bottom of North sea [2012]
• The Netherlands: Archaeologists Find Habitation Sites in Port of Rotterdam [2011]
• Mesolithic 'rest stop' found at new Sainsbury's site [2011]
• 'Incredibly exciting' rare pre-Ice Age handaxe discovered on Orkney [2011]
• The moment Britain became an island [2011]
• Stone Age remains are Britain's earliest house [2010]
• Neanderthal man was living in Britain 40,000 years earlier than thought [2010]
• Neanderthal may not be the oldest Dutchman [ 370,000 years B.P. ] [2010]
• How discovery off the Norfolk coast holds the key to Norway's past [2010]
• How a prehistoric 'super river' turned Britain into an island nation [2009]
• 9,000-year-old house reveals Stone Age lifestyle [2009]
• When Did Humans Return After Last Ice Age? (UK) [2009]
• Sea gives up Neanderthal fossil [ dredged up from the North Sea ] [2009]
• Scotland's most ancient home found - at 14,000 years old [2009]
• Last Ice Age happened in less than year say scientists [2008]
• Exploration of underwater forest [Loch Tay] [2008]
• Archaeology: The lost world -- Death in the Mesolithic [2008]
• Paleolithic Handaxes From The North Sea (Neanderthals) [2008]
• Undersea slide set off giant flow [2007]
• Stone Age Site Surfaces After 8,000 Years [2007]
• (For all you NOVA buffs) Megaflood 'made Island Britain' [sharp illustrations] [2007]
• Giant flood separates Britain from Europe [2007]
• Megaflood Created Great Divide Between Britain and France [2007]
• Lost World Warning From (Under) North Sea [2007]
• Mapping an Underwater World [ Neolithic riverscapes ] [2007]
• Dating A Massive Undersea Slide (8,100 Year Ago) [2007]
• ARCHAEOLOGY: Stone Age World Beneath the Baltic Sea [2006]
• Biblical-style flood tore Britain from France [2006]
• Biblical-style flood tore Britain from France : Scientists Claim UK/France Land Mass Once joined. [2006]
• Flood Made Britain An Island 'In 24 Hours' [2006]
• (English) Channel's Key Role In Pre-History [2006]
• Stone Age Elephant Found at Ancient U.K. Hunt Site [2006]
• Tools Unlock Secrets Of Early Man [2005]
• Prehistoric Knives Suggest Humans Competed [2005]
• The Mysterious End Of Essex Man (UK) [2005]
• Archaeologists Excited By 500,000-Year-Old Axe Find In Quarry [2004]
• Stone Age Elephant Remains Found (England, Slain By Humans) [2004]
• Northern sea baffles archaeologists [2004]
• Scientists Discover Lost World (8,000 Years Old) [2004]
• Stone Age Sites Found Under North Sea (8,000BC) [2003]
• Migrants Poured Into Britain After Ice Age [2003]
• UK's Oldest Cemetery Identified [2003]
• Earliest British Cemetery Dated (10,000+ Years) [2003]
• Stone Age Settlements Found Underwater In Britain [2003]
• Giant Wave Hit Ancient Scotland [2001]

[fidelis]

"Deep beneath the North Sea...could hold traces of prehistoric early humans...because the find shows that they have found a particular type of exposed ancient landscape."<

So they haven't actually found any evidence of actual humans, just an area deep under the sea submerged for 10,000 years that looks like it might have been an an environment that might have attracted ancient humans. Sounds like a little bit of a stretch and a long shot to me. But anything to get continued funding, I guess...

[Bob434]

oh come on, where did stone age people get scuba gear?

[AlaskaErik]

Too bad they didn’t mitigate global warming back then. The seas started to rise and there was no stopping it.

[kiryandil]

Waterworld

[dsrtsage]

I think that is why there are no stone age people left today. They were so ignorant of physics that they all drowned.

[Cold Heart]

I always found fascination in the old coal mines deep under the ocean floor under my ships keel in the North Sea and off Ireland.

[mabarker1]

Stonelantis ?

Maybe they used Mammoth Bladders for Air Storage. I remember hearing about Buffalo Bladders were used for Canteens. While fresh from the kill it was washed out and then blown up and dried, then used.

Kinda “odd” but sounds reasonable. Sort of...

[SunkenCiv]

The rest of the "mesolithic" keyword:

• Ancient chewing gum reveals Scandinavia's oldest human DNA [2019]
• We should gene-sequence cave paintings to find out more about who made them [2019]
• What Chewed-Up Gum Reveals About Life in the Stone Age [DNA] [2018]
• Life was good for Stone Age Norwegians along Oslo Fjord [2018]
• Scientists reconstruct the face of 'angry' Mesolithic girl [2018]
• Neolithic girl's reconstructed face unveiled at Athens Acropolis Museum on January 19th [2018]
• Archaeology suggests no direct link between climate change and early human innovation [2016]
• 'Pristine' Landscapes Haven't Existed For Thousands Of Years Due To Human Activity [2016]
• Cave art trove found in Spain 1,000 feet underground [2016]
• Stunning cave paintings found 300 metres below Spain [2016]
• Earliest evidence of humans in Ireland [2016]
• Mysterious Graves Discovered at Ancient European Cemetery [2016]
• 200,000 fish bones suggest ancient Scandinavian people were more complex than thought [2016]
• Hazelnut shells found at Skye Mesolithic site [2015]
• Mesolithic site on Skye to be investigated [2015]
• Prehistoric settlers in Scotland similar to first peoples of North America or Australia... [2015]
• Ancient underwater forest discovered off Norfolk coast [2015]
• Archaeologists say Stonehenge was "London of the Mesolithic" in Amesbury investigation [2014]
• 'How Britain's Atlantis' and its tribes were wiped out by a TSUNAMI triggered by a landslide [2014]
• A Mesolithic face from Southern Europe [2014]
• Ancient Astronomical Calendar Discovered in Scotland Predates Stonehenge by 6,000 Years [2013]
• Shellfish and the rise of modern human behaviour [2013]
• Snails Reveal Ancient Human Migration from France to Ireland [2013]
• Stonehenge 5,000 Years Older Than Thought [2013]
• Mesolithic People Adapted Their Environment In Severn Estuary [2013]
• Anthropologist suggests Mediterranean islands inhabited much earlier than thought [2012]
• 'Britain's Atlantis' found at bottom of North sea [2012]
• Seafaring in the Aegean: new dates [2012]
• Complex Fish Traps Over 7,500 Years Old Found in Russia [2012]
• The Netherlands: Archaeologists Find Habitation Sites in Port of Rotterdam [2011]
• Dig reveals human skulls mounted on stakes (Sweden) [2011]
• Mesolithic 'rest stop' found at new Sainsbury's site [2011]
• Mesolithic beads found at Welsh dolmen site [2011]
• The moment Britain became an island [2011]
• Stone Age remains are Britain's earliest house [2010]
• Exploration of underwater forest [Loch Tay] [2008]
• Undersea slide set off giant flow [2007]
• Lepenski Vir: a Mesolithic Paradise: The birth of town planning, the birth of sculpture [2007]
• Stone Age Site Surfaces After 8,000 Years [2007]
• Perthshire Rock Art Sheds Light On Scotland's Prehistoric Past [2007]
• Lost World Warning From (Under) North Sea [2007]
• Dating A Massive Undersea Slide (8,100 Year Ago) [2007]
• ARCHAEOLOGY: Stone Age World Beneath the Baltic Sea [2006]
• 'Farming in India began much earlier' [2006]
• Scientists Discover Lost World (8,000 Years Old) [2004]
• Stone Age Sites Found Under North Sea (8,000BC) [2003]
• Stone Age Settlements Found Underwater In Britain [2003]
• Giant Wave Hit Ancient Scotland [2001]

[jonascord]

The Wizard: Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aryas,there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, Conan, destined to wear the jeweled crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow. It is I, his chronicler, who alone can tell thee of his saga. Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!

Hmmm. Perhaps Robert L. Howard was actually communing with a Lost Shade. He said that Conan spoke to him, and that he merely wrote it down.

[CurlyDave]

Too bad they didn’t mitigate global warming back then. The seas started to rise and there was no stopping it.

My thought exactly. Way back then it was just part of nature. Now we have to do something about it.

The neolithic discussion went something like this:

"Hey Oog! You know if you keep killing those mammoths we are going to have global warming and the sea will rise."

"Nah Maklak, If I kill them they stop farting and that is carbon-neutral. Besides mammoth trunk is really tasty. My wife, Alexandria, loves it"

"Well, OK Oog. She really does have the chompers for it."

"She sure does! Say, you don't think her farts would hurt the planet do you?"

And that is how the sea came to rise...

[dinodino]

You obviously didn’t read the article.

[PAR35]

They are missing the big story here. Proof of man made global warming and rising sea levels.

[dp0622]

It’s the God given right of Every FReeper to comment on any Thread Title without reading the actual article.

Sometimes we comment without even reading the Thread Title :)

It’s in the Constitution

[melsec]

Great post and, to my tastes, the best beginning to a film hands down.