Archaeologists found traces of submerged Stone Age settlement in Southeast Finland

[rangerrebew]

Archaeologists found traces of submerged Stone Age settlement in Southeast Finland
August 8, 2018, University of Helsinki
 

A prehistoric settlement submerged under Lake Kuolimojarvi provides researchers with a clearer picture of the human occupation in South Karelia during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic Stone Age (about 10,000—6,000 years ago) and opens up a new research path in Finnish archaeology.

In the early Stone Age, the water levels in the small lakes located in the southern parts of what are today Lake Kuolimojarvi and Saimaa were several metres below present levels. After this period, the water levels started rising as a result of uneven land uplift, and the tilting of lakes and rivers. The rise in water levels ended with the outburst of River Vuoksi through the Salpausselka Ridge about 6,000 years ago, when water masses carved a new southeastern outflow channel towards Lake Ladoga.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-archaeologists-submerged-stone-age-settlement.html#jCp

[truth_seeker]

It would be cool if they could find human DNA with the site. (not sire)

Next they get the Haplogroup, and/or Autosomal markers, with the location.

[Elderberry]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/science/ct-cheddar-man-skeleton-dna-testing-20180207-story.html

DNA from a 10,000-year-old skeleton found in an English cave suggests the oldest-known Briton had dark skin and blue eyes, researchers said Wednesday.

Scientists from Britain's Natural History Museum and University College London analyzed the genome of "Cheddar Man," who was found in Cheddar Gorge in southwest England in 1903.

Scientists led by museum DNA expert Ian Barnes drilled into the skull to extract DNA from bone powder. They say analysis indicates he had blue eyes, dark curly hair and "dark to black" skin pigmentation.

The researchers say the evidence suggests that Europeans' pale skin tones developed much later than originally thought.

[truth_seeker]

He is mt DNA Haplogroup, U5.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_U_(mtDNA)#Haplogroup_U5

"The age of U5 is estimated at between 25,000 and 35,000 years old.[21] Approximately 11% of Europeans and 10% of European-Americans have some of haplogroup U5.
U5 has been found in human remains dating from the Mesolithic in England, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Russia,[22] Sweden,[23] France[24] and Spain.[25] Neolithic skeletons (~7,000 years old) that were excavated from the Avellaner cave in Catalonia, northeastern Spain included a specimen carrying haplogroup U5.[26] "