Lost civilization under Persian Gulf?

[Reservoir_Dog]

Lost civilization under Persian Gulf?

A once fertile landmass now submerged beneath the Persian Gulf may have been home to some of the earliest human populations outside Africa, according to an article published today in Current Anthropology.

Jeffrey Rose, an archaeologist and researcher with the University of Birmingham in the U.K., says that the area in and around this “Persian Gulf Oasis” may have been host to humans for over 100,000 years before it was swallowed up by the Indian Ocean around 8,000 years ago. Rose’s hypothesis introduces a “new and substantial cast of characters” to the human history of the Near East, and suggests that humans may have established permanent settlements in the region thousands of years before current migration models suppose…

 

[Darryl1958]

Not nearly as lost as the civilization on top of the Persian Gulf.

But I digress…

 

[roveau]

It really is possible BUT unfortunately the proof would lie under deep water now. This would make settlement sites difficult to locate and very difficult and expensive to excavate.

The remains of the towns around the present shores are of early dates but several found in Anatolia, Turkey, are even older, for example, Catal Huyuk has been dated as early as 8500 years and dying out about 7,000 years ago. It had a peak population of about 6,000 which was a lot for that early period.

The proof of this new site will be very difficult to establish.

 

[Berean2]

Not nearly as lost as the civilization on top of the Persian Gulf.

 

[BlueRain]

Still this is cool.