TIL about the Zanclean flood. Where the entire Mediterranean was ...
The flood of the mediterranean seems unlikely to be the inspiration because people most certainly wouldn't have known of something that happened millions of years ago back in 500-300 BC Edit: While falling into the wikipedia rabbit hole of this topic i found that the flood story may even originated back to around 1900-1600 bc, but then again ...
Did the Zanclean Flood Cause Neanderthal Speciation?
Zanclean flood happened approx 5.3 million years ago and Neanderthal fossil record is less than 500 thousand years old so probably not. No, the timelines do not match up at all. The Zanclean Flood took place ~5.33Ma, before even the earliest evidence of Australopithecus, let alone genus Homo. Even the earliest evidence of proto-Neanderthal ...
The Zanclean flood is theorized to have refilled the ... - Reddit
Nov 23, 2018 · The Zanclean flood is theorized to have refilled the Mediterranean Sea 5.33 million years ago. This deluge ended the Messinian salinity crisis and reconnected the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. Sea level rise in the basin may have reached rates at times greater than ten metres per day.
The genesis flood story was stolen directly from Babylonian
Jan 22, 2024 · "The Flood," might not have had anything to do with rain, but erosion of the straights of Gibraltar and a massive influx of ocean water into a previously much smaller fresh water lake. Most settlements would have been lakefront and lost in the deluge. this would account for the myths involving the Mediterranean sea area and not the Americas.
TIL of the Zanclean Flood: a flood theorized to have filled ... - Reddit
Apr 7, 2017 · There is a theory that the Black Sea was formed in the same way when the land bridge at the Dardanelles gave way and flooded what became the Black Sea basin. Theorists think that the ensuing flood might be the basis for the legend of Noah's ark. Robert Ballard found evidence of a civilization from about 7000 years ago in this area.
Is it possible that a great flood, similar to the story in the bible?
Jan 29, 2016 · For the flood in the bible, there is still a lot of geologic/historic/biblical scholar debate, but there is a reasonably good chance that the biblical flood is related to a sudden flood of the Black Sea basin by waters from the Mediterranean Sea . In general, there are two main scenarios for generating sudden, large flood events.
5.96 million years ago, the Straits of Gibraltar were closed ... - Reddit
5.96 million years ago, the Straits of Gibraltar were closed off, allowing the Mediterranean Sea to gradually become a vast desert; 5.33 million years ago, rising Atlantic sea levels broke the Gibraltar dam and caused the Zanclean Flood, which refilled the Mediterranean Basin.
The Great Flood : r/CitiesSkylines - Reddit
Mar 13, 2015 · The Zanclean flood (also known as "Zanclean Deluge") is a flood theorized to have refilled the Mediterranean Sea 5.33 million years ago.
TIL about the Zanclean Flood, which formed the Gibraltar ... - Reddit
Jul 20, 2020 · TIL about the Zanclean Flood, which formed the Gibraltar Strait and re-filled the dried up Mediterranean Basin in less than two years. Sea level rise may have reached greater than ten meters per day. en.wikipedia.org Open
First direct proof of mega-flood in Mediterranean Sea region
Apr 21, 2023 · The Zanclean flood or Zanclean deluge is a flood theorized to have refilled the Mediterranean Sea 5. 33 million years ago. This flooding ended the Messinian salinity crisis and reconnected the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, although it is possible that even before the flood there were partial connections to the Atlantic Ocean.