Among the many places people have lived that ended up underwater, there was once a big stretch of land between Britain and continental Europe, from northern France to Denmark. This area is now called Doggerland. We had no clue about it until the early 20th century, but now we regularly find more artifacts from Doggerland. Neanderthals lived there, and modern humans later on, as well as plenty of animals. But what happened to Doggerland? There are plenty of hypotheses, which might have all been true over time, as the land was cut up into pieces before it was completely consumed by the ocean. Somehow Britain and Ireland survived, but who knows what may happen in the next few thousand years? This video is only eight minutes long; the rest is promotional.
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Fascinating. I'm not sure if he mentions this, but I read elsewhere that his happened over 8000 years ago.
His pronunciation of Neanderthal as Neandertal (no 'th') was a bit distracting. I didn't realize that both pronunciations are used in English and considered acceptable. It comes from German, which doesn't have the 'th' sound and so eventually dropped the 'h'.
Doggerland always makes me think of the English tradition of dogging, which is unfortunate due to the juxtaposition of the two places. Blech. Who wants to see Neanderthals (or the English, for that matter) doing that?
Looks to me like the destruction of Beleriand during the War of Wrath as told in The Silmarillion.
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