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> Eventually, that, too, came to an end. On the basis of sediments and computer models, researchers think a tsunami originating off modern-day Norway around 6150 B.C.E. devastated Doggerland with waves at least 10 meters high. Soon the landscape vanished as global sea levels continued to rise.

Ah, another explanation for one of the many "Great Flood" myths.




Pretty much any culture living next to water is going to, sometime, experience a massive flood event that seems to affect the “whole world”. It’s pretty easy to see that being encoded into an oral tradition and expanded on over time.




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