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Stone Age settlement found under the sea in Denmark

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198 points isaacfrond | 7 comments | 29 Aug 25 07:39 UTC | HN request time: 1.07s | source | bottom
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devjab ◴[02 Sep 25 05:21 UTC] No.45099398[source]▶
This is not related to the story as such, but I live in Aarhus and this is the first I hear about it. I read three national news outlets and one specific to my local region of Østjylland a couple of times a day. I wonder if I should swap some of them. I know about black trashbags being thrown out of a window in the white house and then I find an actually interesting non-tech story about something happening right outside my house here on HN...
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1. fifilura ◴[02 Sep 25 06:19 UTC] No.45099688[source]▶
No, I don't think there is a reason to switch.

This is not exactly news for people living in this area, you would have learned it at school.

There is a vast area between Denmark and UK called Doggerland where fishermen constantly being up mamooth tusks and stone age artifacts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland

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2. fosterbuster ◴[02 Sep 25 07:04 UTC] No.45099962[source]▶
Doggerland is on the other side of Jutland. Aarhus is east.

Anecdotally I was not tought about Doggerland, and I don’t think it’s common knowledge.

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3. beowulfey ◴[02 Sep 25 12:21 UTC] No.45102163[source]▶
I don't think most people realize just how much of ancient civilization is now under water. The oceans rose 120 meters since 10,000 years ago.

I've always dreamed of making a tool to help visualize this. It would likely be very dramatic.

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4. gadders ◴[02 Sep 25 12:51 UTC] No.45102466{3}[source]▶
Current global warming prediction that I could find was 10m by 2300 if the ice shelves melt.
5. mitjam ◴[02 Sep 25 13:14 UTC] No.45102692{3}[source]▶
Kids in Germany learn about the evolution of the Baltic Sea, it is hard to believe how different the whole area was like during and after the last ice age: https://www.geomar.de/en/discover/the-origin-of-the-baltic-s...
6. xoober ◴[03 Sep 25 15:46 UTC] No.45117139[source]▶
Much evidence of hunter gather population for tens of thousands of years before the arrival of "civilization", by boat, after it was submerged.
7. xoober ◴[03 Sep 25 15:48 UTC] No.45117167[source]▶
See the sea level, glacial extent and temperature in the days of Doggerland in this interactive map... https://icemap.rhewlif.xyz/