Did a great flood once surge into the Black Sea, forming the basis of a Biblical tale? Quirin Schiermeier investigates a computer model that has added weight to the idea. It sounds Eke a question more suited to the history of religion than science. Yet it is the driving force behind a whole field of geological research. Could a real event have inspired the Judeo-Christian story of Noah's flood -- a deluge lasting 40 days and 40 nights that drowned our sinful predecessors, save one couple and their family, who took refuge with their zoo aboard a wooden ark?
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