Is there any evidence of a worldwide flood covering the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet, killing all life on earth, about 4,000 years ago? Absolutely not. There is evidence of mass extinctions of life hundreds of millions of years ago, but not within the history of homosapiens. We also have evidence of localized floods throughout the world. But, hey, that still happens with great regularity.
What about all the flood stories similar to the story of Noah from around the world? Guess what, when you are in the middle of a flood zone, cut off from contact with the rest of the world, it looks like you are the only one left and the whole world is flooded, even if people 10 miles away are eating dinner and watching TV. Naturally, you would be telling the story of your adventure for the rest of your life.
Then there is the problem of the massive influx of fresh water into the oceans and seas. All saltwater creatures would have been exterminated as well. Of course there is no evidence of that either. Not to mention the massive die- out of vegetation that would occur if the land was under water for at least 150 days. Noah couldn't have had room for two of every species of plant in addition to the animals.
At best, we can speculate about various flood mythologies and wether or not Noah's flood is based on the cultural memory of a localized flood. What we can not do is say it is definitely the record of a specific flood at a specific place in a specific time.
See:
Noah's ark
Flood myth
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