What is the lost continent?
The lost continent is a continent, island or large region that has existed long ago, but lives only today through indirect evidence, such as myths or modest archaeological evidence. The most famous lost continent in the world, Atlantis, was a fictitious example created by Plato around 360 BC to illustrate his political theories. According to Plato, Atlantis was a naval force lying in front of the Hercules Columns "(Gibraltar Strait of Gibraltar)" 9000 years ago Solon "or about 9600 BCE. Although Plato's description of the lost continent of Atlanta was obviously fictional, millions of thinkers over the centuries have subsequently held on this concept and mistakenly considered it real.
Although Atlantis never existed, the concept of the lost continent is not completely fictional. During the last ice age, which achieved its maximum intensity 20,000 years ago and ended 12,000 years ago, more water in the world was locked in massive continental glaciers, which resulted in Sea Levels about 100 m (328 ft) lower than today's. This meant that many areas now flooded were once dry and many of them are known that people inhabited.
These include Doggerland, who occupied today's North Sea; Take off, which consisted of many islands of Indonesia; Philippine Islands that formed one big island; Australia and New Guinea were attached to create Sahulland; Among the contemporary Alaska and Russia, there were large stories of land that consisted of Beringii, where people lived for thousands of years as an independent community imprisoned on all sides of the glaciers. Large areas around the edges of today's Black Sea were also above the water and inhabited.
Because people like living near the oceans when they can, most of the human settlements from the last Ice period are currently underwater, which makes the archeology of this long period.bonded with underwater passages. These places were immersed for 12,000 years and were hidden from human eyes until diving at the age of 30. Many others remain to be discovered. Due to the recently ice age, most of the immersed edges of today's continents are lost by the Earth.
Two of the most amazing examples of the lost continent are Kerguelene plateau, a microcontinent in the South Indian Ocean almost three times the size of Japan, but submerged 1-2 km (0.6 - 1.2 Mi) under water; And Antarctica, who was once a forest continent. For most of the country's history, Antarctica was located further north and connected with other continents. About 23 million years ago it began to freeze and kill all complex plants and animals on its surface.
Kerguelene's plays were created as a large igneous province about 130 million years ago and was connected by a microcontinentemaustralia and India for millions of years, as evidenced by its geological composition. About 50 million years ago that truthIt had a tropical flora and fauna, but it was all destroyed when it sank underwater 20 million years ago.