[blam]

"The Black Sea was created about 7500BC in and area that would have been very lush and and a heck of a great place to live."

The rising waters from the Ice Age melt flooded the fresh water Black Sea with salt water which drove the farmers there up the river valleys into Europe, introducing farming to a whole new area.

[DavemeisterP]

Yeah, sorry, Black sea, not North Sea, hadn't drank my morning coffee yet. What I was getting at is that between the end of the last ice age and about 7500BC there are many events that occurred that are similar in occurrence and, to me anyway, are related. There IS a connection, and time will show whether or not I'm right or wrong about it. The specifics are close to discovery, which fills me full of envy for those in the field around the world right now. History is truly in the making and most folks don't spend one waking moment a week thinking about it.