Between roughly 16,000 and 7,000 years ago, humans inhabited open-concept spaces across temperate plains and coastlines—from the Iberian Peninsula and Doggerland to Mediterranean, Indian, and Pacific shores. Archaeological evidence shows no purpose-built weapons for killing other people, and monuments were open to all. 🕊️
Pre-flood societies lived peacefully in coastal plains without warfare
Key facts
- Around 6,000 years ago, humans lived in open-concept spaces across temperate plains and coastal areas
- Archaeological evidence shows no weapons whose sole purpose was killing other men during this period
- Populations lived in low plains of the Iberian Peninsula, Doggerland, and Mediterranean, Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific coastal areas
- Monuments and cult places were open to all; the shaman was the only figure of authority
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Stone Age Humans Likely Inhabited 'Lost World' Land Bridgehistory.com
Prey including deer may have drawn prehistoric hunters to Doggerland as early as 16,000 years ago. ... Doggerland was populated by early hunter- ...
Doggerland | Geology | Research Startersebsco.com
Doggerland was a significant prehistoric landmass that once connected Great Britain to the European continent, existing around twelve thousand years ago.
Doggerlanden.wikipedia.org
Between 10,000 and 7,000 years ago, Doggerland was inundated by rising sea levels, disintegrating initially into a series of low-lying islands before ...
Conjuring the Lost Land Beneath the North Seahakaimagazine.com
By 6,000 years ago, this once varied, resource-rich land had flooded entirely, and the last of its human inhabitants had moved to higher land to ...
Doggerland - The Europe That Waseducation.nationalgeographic.org
Around 6,000 years ago, the Mesolithic people were forced onto higher ground, including in what is today Britain and the Netherlands.
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