Ancient underwater forest discovered off Norfolk coast (BBC)

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26 January 2015 Last updated at 00:28 GMT

Nature experts have discovered a remarkable submerged forest thousands of years old under the sea close to the Norfolk coast.

The trees were part of an area known as 'Doggerland' which formed part of a much bigger area before it was flooded by the North Sea.

It was once so vast that hunter-gatherers who lived in the vicinity could have walked to Germany across its land mass.

The underwater forest was discovered by Dawn Watson and Rob Spray from Sea Search on a diving trip to study marine life.

The prehistoric forest lay undiscovered until it was exposed by the extreme storms along the east of England coast in December 2013.
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more (incl video): http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-30905267

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. That forest was around when Stonehenge was built.

[LuvNewcastle]

4. Just think what the people must have been like

who lived in and around those huge primeval forests. I wonder exactly how much they knew about their world. If only we could see it all through their eyes.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. I think of all the epic stories over time....

The loves and losses, the exploration and migration, the heroes and villains.

All of it denied by people claiming the earth is only 6000 years old.

It's disrespectful of those that came before.

[LuvNewcastle]

7. I hate it when someone reads one damned book

in his life and thinks he knows everything. No imagination at all.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. Read? Most of these idiots don't even know what's in it.

[Igel]

9. Perhaps islands.

Stonehenge was dug (pre-stone) 3-3500 BC. Doggerland vanished 6000 BC.

Close, not quite. Even with that degree of "closeness," there'd be little interaction. But the islands would have helped keep the two land masses "closer" in terms of culture and alleles.

[LuvNewcastle]

2. That's one good thing that

happens sometimes when violent storms come. One of my favorite things to read about is evidence of early civilizations in previously unexplored areas. It's exciting to think about how many civilizations have come and gone in the planet's history. I hope one day we find proof of non-human civilization. That could have happened at virtually any time.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. Lovecraft's "At The Mountains Of Madness" had one at the time of the dinosaurs.

[LuvNewcastle]

6. Lovecraft is one of my favourite authors.

I still like to go back and re-read his stories. It's fascinating to think about how many intelligent species Earth has seen and who will come after us. I fancy that we've always been in a cycle of birth, death, and rebirth on this planet.

[Judi Lynn]

8. So glad to see that video. Thank you. n/t

[drmeow]

11. I would LOVE to dive that!

Probably a bit cold for me without a dry suit, though

[Bosonic]

12. Relevant map