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So this is something I've always wondered about. If we know that most human settlements are near coasts, rivers, or lakes, could the rising sea levels hide more cities like this?
There are quite a few thousand years between the evolution of accepted modern humans and the first cities in Mesopotamia, how many more places like this one could be out there?
It seems like there would be countless settlements just off shore. But I don't know how many cities proper there would be. I mean, even today, I'd wager that most people make their buildings out of wood or some other material like that. That wouldn't keep very long at all. And we'd really have very little idea about where to look for these cities, except vague information taken from local legend and mythologies. I'm sure there are more out there, but it would probably take more luck than skill to find them, unfortunately.
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[–] CharlemaneLeeroy 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
So this is something I've always wondered about. If we know that most human settlements are near coasts, rivers, or lakes, could the rising sea levels hide more cities like this? There are quite a few thousand years between the evolution of accepted modern humans and the first cities in Mesopotamia, how many more places like this one could be out there?
[–] carcoma ago
It seems like there would be countless settlements just off shore. But I don't know how many cities proper there would be. I mean, even today, I'd wager that most people make their buildings out of wood or some other material like that. That wouldn't keep very long at all. And we'd really have very little idea about where to look for these cities, except vague information taken from local legend and mythologies. I'm sure there are more out there, but it would probably take more luck than skill to find them, unfortunately.