The Sinking of Doggerland: Europe's Lost Atlantis

Doggerland was a vast, now-submerged landscape beneath the North Sea that once connected Britain to continental Europe during the last Ice Age. This fertile plain, approximately the size of modern Britain, supported Mesolithic human communities alongside diverse wildlife, including mammoths and deer. As the Ice Age ended around 11,700 years ago, rising temperatures melted ice sheets, gradually flooding the region. By 8,500 years ago, Doggerland had become an archipelago, with the catastrophic Storegga Slide tsunami around 6200 BCE accelerating its complete submersion. Using seismic survey data and sediment core analysis, modern archaeological investigations have revealed a complex landscape of rivers, hills, and lakes. Discoveries like the 11,000-year-old barbed antler harpoon provide tangible evidence of human presence and technological sophistication. Doggerland's story has gained new relevance amid today's climate crisis, offering both historical perspective and a sobering contrast—while prehistoric populations adapted to environmental changes over millennia, contemporary coastal communities face similar threats on a dramatically compressed timeline.

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