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Anthropology

hunter

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10. Sea levels were about 130 meters lower than they are now.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #7)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 11:06 PM

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All that water was locked up as glaciers.

There's not much evidence of human habitation because most people lived near the coasts as any seafaring people would. Whatever might remain of their societies is underwater now.

I doubt coastal people of that time felt much pressure to move inland where conditions could be much harsher.

Others may argue.

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