Journey of Mankind - Interactive Map

An interesting map that chronicles the journey of Man, from pre-150k years ago to now.

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Sea Sharp

That's a really interesting link.

I'd love to see something similar demonstrating the fluctuations in the shape of the continent's coasts caused by rising and falling sea-levels. (That happen with ice-ages.)

There's probably a lot of human remains under the Mediterranean sea.

Scráib

I saw a documentary recently that claimed that the Dogger bank was once a landmass when sea levels were lower and it was populated by hunter gatherer humans.

It is cool when you think of it that because of changing sea levels over the eons the remains of entire civilizations could be under the sea right now.

jkforde

Robert Ballard is leading some very interesting work in the Black Sea north of Sinop, finding all kinds of evidence for a very rapid abandonment of settlement. the waters are very anoxic so that wooden beams and the cargo of ships are in remarkable condition for carbon dating. (doh, should've done oceanography!)