Thursday 4 February 2010

Are the collapse of a glacial ice dam in Canada and the rise of farming in Europe linked to Noah's flood?

This item is a couple of years old, but still relevant:

A British scientist has found evidence linking the catastrophic collapse of a glacial ice dam in Canada more than 8,000 years ago and the rapid spread of agriculture across Europe around the same time.

The dramatic discharge of freshwater from prehistoric Lake Agassiz — which covered much of Central Canada at the end of the last ice age — has long been blamed for altering global climate patterns and raising sea levels around the world by at least a metre in a matter of months.

The deluged shorelines caused by the colossal Canadian gusher have even been associated with the “great flood” myths common to many ancient cultures — including the biblical story of Noah’s Ark.

Now, University of Exeter geologist Chris Turney believes he has traced the sudden proliferation of farming across neolithic Europe to an exodus of coastal people moving inland to escape the results of the Agassiz flood.

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