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theadvancedapes  ·  4322 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Lost Continent of Lemuria

To be honest, I wouldn't hold my breath. I'm sure submarine archaeology will find interesting evidence of past ship wrecks in the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia, and the Mediterranean. However, massive continental changes happen on time scales of millions of years. The current continental arrangement has been more or less the same since human civilization began to develop.





humanodon  ·  4322 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was under the impression that there were areas where the coast line has changed significantly, areas where human settlements may have existed.

theadvancedapes  ·  4322 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Human civilization started to develop after the end of the last Ice Age. Over the past 5,000-8,000 years coastlines have not changed substantially (but they likely will this century due to anthropogenic climate change).

humanodon  ·  4322 days ago  ·  link  ·  

All the same, there's bound to be something interesting worth digging up down there.

theadvancedapes  ·  4322 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Without a doubt. As I stated above, the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean are probably littered with old ship wrecks.