Was the land lower, the seas higher, or some combination, way back when? | alt Hacker News

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thrownthatway • today at 12:16 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

Was the land lower, the seas higher, or some combination, way back when?

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mkl • today at 7:18 AM

Land lower - Alps and Carpathians hadn't formed yet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratethys and its predecessor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethys_Ocean

Crunchified • today at 2:54 AM

I would wager that the land was lower than the sea back then.

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andix • today at 12:53 AM

I'm not sure, I would guess both.