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How Stone Age artefacts could teach us to adapt to rising seas

Dendrochronologist Jonas Ogdal Jensen looks at a suspected Stone Age tree trunk, unearthed at an 8,500-year-old coastal settlement, in his lab at Moesgaard Museum in Aarhus — Dendrochronologist Jonas Ogdal Jensen looks at a suspected Stone Age tree trunk, unearthed at an 8,500-year-old coastal settlement, in his lab at Moesgaard Museum in Aarhus (AP)

Archaeologists are exploring Denmark's Bay of Aarhus for ancient coastal settlements submerged by rising sea levels over 8,500 years ago.
Divers have uncovered well-preserved Stone Age artefacts, including animal bones, stone tools, and worked wood, from a settlement found on an old coastline.
The discoveries are part of a six-year, €13.2 million EU-funded international project involving researchers from Denmark, the UK, and Germany.
Researchers are using dendrochronology to precisely date submerged tree stumps, revealing how sea levels changed thousands of years ago.
The project seeks to understand how Stone Age societies adapted to shifting coastlines, offering insights relevant to today's climate change-driven sea level rise.

Stone Age settlement swallowed by rising sea levels discovered after 8,500 years — In full