A tsunami wave may have caused the extinction of Stone Age people in Britain

The researchers ran wave modeling in two different sea level change scenarios and found that in both cases the tsunami did not reach Howick, except if it occurred during high tide. Including the latter in the model increased the inundated area.

If so, the consequences would have been catastrophic, including because the wave would have also destroyed food natural resources. This would have led to a massive population decline throughout Northwest Europe.