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Stone Age settlement found under the sea in Denmark

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198 points isaacfrond | 3 comments | 29 Aug 25 07:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.412s | source
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SoftTalker ◴[02 Sep 25 02:50 UTC] No.45098658[source]▶
It's interesting to me that items are well preserved. I thought salt water was particularly damaging and corrosive.
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pfdietz ◴[02 Sep 25 03:16 UTC] No.45098798[source]▶
Corroding what? This is before metals were widely used.
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1. mikert89 ◴[02 Sep 25 03:25 UTC] No.45098836[source]▶
not corroding, but all the wood/bone/soft materials basically disappear over 10k years. very little will be left
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2. ccgreg ◴[02 Sep 25 04:09 UTC] No.45099054[source]▶
Salt water without oxygen and salt water with oxygen are different.
3. samplatt ◴[02 Sep 25 04:16 UTC] No.45099085[source]▶
Not wrong, but TFA mentions "8.5k years" ago as the projected time for these findings. In cold, low-oxygen water, even wood & bone is preserved fairly well.