| During the last ice age the bank was part of a large landmass connecting Europe and the British Isles, now known as Doggerland. |
| Doggerland was submerged by the North Sea and, by 8,000 BP, the British Peninsula had become an island. |
| The prehistoric existence of what is now known as Doggerland was established in the late 19th century. |
| Doggerland was probably a rich human habitat in the Mesolithic period. |
| The woolly rhinoceros roamed the exposed Doggerland and much of Northern Europe and was common in the cold, arid desert that is southern England and the North Sea today. |
| There remained some dry land in the southern North Sea, known as Doggerland, connecting mainland Europe to Britain. |
