Scientists Discover Ice Age Forests in the North Sea’s Sunken “Lost World”

Ancient DNA preserved in seabed sediments suggests Doggerland hosted temperate forests far earlier than expected.

Evidence of an Ice Age forest emerges from the North Sea floor

The North Sea is home to the remains of a vast land that has been lost to time and is referred to as Doggerland, the area of ...
Discover Magazine

Ancient DNA Reveals Ice Age Forests Grew on the Lost Doggerland 16,000 Years Ago, Before It Was Swallowed by the North Sea

Learn how ancient DNA uncovered Ice Age forests on sunken Doggerland and revealed a landscape that once linked Britain to mainland Europe.
The Debrief

Ancient DNA Reveals Ice Age Forests in the Lost World of Doggerland

Thousands of years before the North Sea flooded the region, a vast landscape known as Doggerland once connected Britain to mainland Europe.
Ancient Origins

First Evidence of Habitable Forests in North Sea's 'Lost World'

Using cutting-edge ancient DNA analysis, scientists have found evidence of trees like oak, elm, and hazel growing on this now-submerged landscape over 16,000 years ago, thousands of years earlier than ...

North Sea 'lost world' had habitable forests during the last Ice Age, study shows

Forests were growing on the now-submerged landmass of Doggerland thousands of years earlier than previously believed, ...