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    "We’re almost certainly the first technological civilization on Earth. But what if we’re not? We are. Although, how sure are we, really? The Silurian hypothesis, which asks whether pre-human industrial civilizations might have existed".
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    The Silurian Hypothesis is a thought experiment[1] which assesses modern science's ability to detect evidence of a prior advanced civilization, perhaps several million years ago. The most probable cues for such a civilization could be carbon, radioactive elements or temperature variation. The name "Silurian" derives from the eponymous sapient species from the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, who in the series established an advanced civilization prior to humanity.

    Astrophysicists Adam Frank and Gavin Schmidt proposed the "Silurian Hypothesis" in a 2018 paper, exploring the possibility of detecting an advanced civilization before humans in the geological record. They argued that there has been sufficient fossil carbon to fuel an industrial civilization since the Carboniferous Period (~350 million years ago). However, finding direct evidence, such as technological artifacts, is unlikely due to the rarity of fossilization and Earth's exposed surface. Instead, researchers might find indirect evidence, such as climate changes, anomalies in sediment, or traces of nuclear waste. The hypothesis also speculates that artifacts from past civilizations could be found on the Moon and Mars, where erosion and tectonic activity are less likely to erase evidence. The concept of pre-human civilizations has been explored in popular culture, including novels, television shows, and short stories.
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    • The idea was presented in a 2018 paper by Adam Frank, an astrophysicist at the University of Rochester, and Gavin Schmidt, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Frank and Schmidt imagined an advanced civilization before humans and pondered whether it would "be possible to detect an industrial civilization in the geological record".[2] They argue as early as the Carboniferous period (~350 million years ago) "there has been sufficient fossil carbon to fuel an industrial civilization comparable with our own". However, they also wrote: "While we strongly doubt that any previous industrial civilization existed before our own, asking in a formal way that articulates explicitly what evidence for such a civilization might look like raises its own useful questions related both to Astrobiology and to Anthropocene studies."[2] The term "Silurian hypothesis" was inspired by the fictional species called the Silurians from the British television series Doctor Who.[1]

    According to Frank and Schmidt, since fossilization is relatively rare and little of Earth's exposed surface is from before the Quaternary time period (~2.5 million years ago), there is low probability of finding direct evidence of such a civilization, such as technological artifacts. After a great time span, the researchers concluded, contemporary humans would be more likely to find indirect evidence such as rapid changes in temperature or climate (as occurred during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum ~55 million years ago); evidence of tapping geothermal power sources; or anomalies in sediment such as their chemical composition (e.g., evidence of artificial fertilizers) or isotope ratios (e.g., there is no naturally occurring plutonium-244 outside a supernova, so evidence of this isotope could indicate a technologically advanced civilization).[2][3] Objects that could indicate possible evidence of past civilizations include plastics and nuclear wastes residues buried deep underground or on the ocean floor.[2]

    Frank and Schmidt speculate such a civilization could have gone to space and left artifacts on other celestial bodies, such as the Moon and Mars. Evidence for artifacts on these two worlds would be easier to find than on Earth, where erosion and tectonic activity would erase much of it.[4]

    1. Frank first approached Schmidt to discuss how to detect alien civilizations via their potential impact upon climate through the study of ice cores and tree rings. They both realized that the hypothesis could be expanded and applied to Earth and humanity due to the fact that humans have been in their current form for the past 300,000 years and have had sophisticated technology for only the last few centuries.[5]
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    Frank and Schmidt cite Inherit the Stars, a 1977 novel by J. P. Hogan as containing a similar hypothesis, but also say they were surprised by how rarely the concept was explored in science fiction.[2]

    The Silurians on Doctor Who are a race of reptilian humanoids from Earth's past.
    In Isaac Asimov Big Game (written in 1941 and published in 1974) and Day of the Hunters (1950) the extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by an intelligent race of humanoid dinosaurs. In No Connection (1948) a non-human scientist of a future civilization tries to prove the existence of an ancient primate civilization on Earth.
    Andre Norton's The Time Traders (1958) and later books in the series discussed the idea that most physical evidence of ancient advanced civilizations on Earth could be removed in mere millennia by glaciers, volcanic eruptions, and natural decay.[6]
    The Star Trek Voyager episode "Distant Origin" has the crew encounter the Voth, a spacefaring race that appear to have evolved on Earth from dinosaurs. When discussing this theory with a Voth scientist, Chakotay speculates that their ancestors evolved on an isolated continent that was destroyed by cataclysm, with all traces buried under oceans or kilometers of rock.

    The idea of pre-human civilizations is explored in the H.P. Lovecraft novelette The Shadow out of Time.

    In Larry Niven's short story "The Green Marauder",[7] an alien over 700 million years old (due to relativistic travel) tells a human about the last time it visited Earth, and the hopeless plea from Earth's anaerobic civilization for help against the growing environmental threat of chlorophyll.
    • The Silurian Hypothesis: What Traces Of Humanity Will Be Left 50 Million Years From Now?

    Source: https://www.rumble.com/video/v15m2c6/?pub=ir01b
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    • Are Humans the First Civilization? The Silurian Hypothesis:

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    Default Re: What if Humans Are NOT Earth's First Civilization? | Silurian Hypothesis

    "Distant Origin" is the 65th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 23rd episode of the third season. Voyager encounters an alien race, but runs afoul of their principles. The Voth are humanoid lizards, and the plot revolves around one particular scientist who has taken an interest in studying Voth origins.



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    Default Re: What if Humans Are NOT Earth's First Civilization? | Silurian Hypothesis

    • Gavin Schmidt - The Silurian Hypothesis:

    Could an advanced civilization have existed on Earth millions of years before humans? Dr. Gavin Schmidt discusses the “Silurian Hypothesis”, a thought experiment to assess our scientific ability to detect evidence of a prior advanced civilization and study the signature that our own civilization will leave behind.

    Dr. Gavin Schmidt is a climatologist, climate modeler Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and co-founder of the award-winning climate science blog RealClimate.

    Dr. Schmidt has a BA in mathematics from Oxford and a PhD in applied mathematics at University College London. He research includes work on the variability of ocean-atmosphere circulation models and paleoclimatology, and he helped develop the GISS ocean and coupled GCMs climate models.

    Dr. Schmidt’s awards and honors include being named one of Scientific American's "Top 50 Research Leaders" of the year in 2004, recognition by the joint award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, and being awarded the inaugural Climate Communications Prize in 2011.
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    Default Re: What if Humans Are NOT Earth's First Civilization? | Silurian Hypothesis

    I think the dinosaurs already had evolved in many civilizations. It is pure human egotism to think that the dinosaurs ate plants and each other for a billion years without getting smarter and doing something else, especially when many speices could free their hands by standing upright. We have a complete misunderstanding of intelligence and how it comes about. The abrupt appearing of AI and its sentient characteristics prove we were wrong all along.

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    Default Re: What if Humans Are NOT Earth's First Civilization? | Silurian Hypothesis

    Then there is the story that most of us are descendants from an ancient Mars civilization ... and that their genes got mixed with native Earth genes, creating a hybrid race or "tribrid" depending who else is involved.

    Lemuria & Mu, suppose to be more connected to Mars than Atlantis, correct?

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    I think here pas this post too...

    https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...=1#post1670518

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    Default Re: What if Humans Are NOT Earth's First Civilization? | Silurian Hypothesis

    Quote Posted by Vicus (here)
    I think here pas this post too...

    https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...=1#post1670518
    That was an excellent article Vicus, and recommended reading imo. But what do you think our origins are?
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    Default Re: What if Humans Are NOT Earth's First Civilization? | Silurian Hypothesis

    [B]Just an exercise...[/B for grapevine...and others...

    Well,exactly probably we will never know...but we could "play" with some "hints" ...let say...

    A) Gnostic "Creation" Myth ...

    Sophia create the "men" template, and he is endorse with many "quality's" like: intelligent, creative potential and so on and of curse with the "Divine Spark"...

    In her love and curiosity for her creation ,how goes to evolve she plansh outer the Pleroma (Celestial resident) and in her "crash" "create " accidentally the grit,,the "material space" and an horrible been
    later know as "the Demiurge"...when "IT" look around he think he is a "God" and because he is hermaphrodite create his followers...(interesting how gnostic 2000 years ago describe the 2 type: some like a reptile and the other one like a fetus (Greys?)

    That "IT" "try" to create another form but it is live less ,"IT" dint posses the "Divine Spark" Sophia "blows" it without the "IT" notice...and : here we are!

    B) In this article Mauro Biglino identifies "IT" aka "The Demiurge" as " Yahweh"/Elohim in the Bible... and the chief "Archon" too...(gnostics)

    https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...=1#post1655716

    C) And so until today we are been "manipulate" in all forms, but specially with our memory, to not remember our "Divine Spark" origin...



    PS: Notice that Sophia dint destroy her "error", because she creates only...that is a good explanation too for: How came evil in the world? well.we must deal with it ,sure we can because our "Divine Spark".

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    It is incredibly fascinating and intriguing to think that there were other civilizations in the past that were more advanced than ours. And it’s doubly fascinating if we consider that some of those civilizations might have been non-human. From what I’ve read so far, there are structures or remnants from other times on our own planet for which official archaeology has no clear or satisfactory explanations that align with the academically taught history. Examples of this would be: the Stone Spheres of Costa Rica, the Yonaguni Monument, Puma Punku, the stone grooves in Malta, or the Tayos Cave (which I personally find to be one of the strangest sites). There are dozens more, but I mentioned the first ones that came to mind.

    As for the remains of past civilizations on the Moon or Mars, I also believe there must be something to that. Unfortunately, due to the fact that information is hidden from us by large organizations linked to the powers that rule this world, I’ve only seen photos so far that are intriguing but ultimately leave much to be desired. I think the most impressive thing I’ve come across are the pyramids of Cydonia on Mars (which some still consider to be mere mountains), or the obelisks on the Moon, Phobos, and Mars (which have supposedly also been explained away as natural geological features). I would be immensely happy if in the coming years they showed us a temple or a clear architectural structure made by extraterrestrial beings in the distant past somewhere in the solar system (or anywhere, really haha).

    Lastly, I leave the testimony of Sergeant Karl Wolfe, who claims he was lucky enough to see non-human structures on the far side of the Moon.

    And I’m also sharing the link to a news article that I think went largely unnoticed, about a geometric structure found several years ago on Ceres.


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    Astonishingly, Zero Hedge (which has a huge following) has a new major piece on exactly this. Many of the items featured below are relatively recent, but not all. And, as many readers here will know, there are literally hundreds of others that could be cited in just as much detail. The point here may be that it's very encouraging to see the idea being aired on a wider semi-mainstream platform. 17 Out-Of-Place Artifacts That Suggest High-Tech Civilizations Existed Thousands (Or Millions) Of Years Ago

    According to our conventional view of history, humans have only walked the Earth in our present form for some 200,000 years. Much of the mechanical ingenuity we know of in modern times began to develop only a couple hundred years ago, during the Industrial Revolution. However, evidence today alludes to advanced civilizations existing as long as several thousand years ago—or possibly even earlier.

    “OOPART”—or “out-of-place artifact”—is the term given to numerous prehistoric objects found in various places across the world today that show a level of technological sophistication incongruous with our present paradigm.

    Many scientists attempt to explain these ooparts away as natural phenomena. Yet others say that such dismissive explanations only whitewash over the mounting evidence: that prehistoric civilizations had advanced knowledge, and this knowledge was lost over the ages only to be developed anew in modern times.

    We will look at a variety of ooparts here, ranging from millions to hundreds of years old in purported age, but all supposedly demonstrating advancement well beyond their time.

    Whether these are fact or merely fiction we cannot say. We can only offer a glimpse at what’s known, supposed, or hypothesized regarding these phenomena, in the spirit of being open-minded and geared toward real scientific discovery.

    17. 2,000-Year-Old Batteries?

    Clay jars with asphalt stoppers and iron rods made some 2,000 years ago have been proven capable of generating more than a volt of electricity. These ancient “batteries” were found by German archaeologist Wilhelm Konig in 1938, just outside of Baghdad, Iraq.


    Right: An illustration of a Baghdad battery from museum artifact pictures.

    “The batteries have always attracted interest as curios,” Dr. Paul Craddock, a metallurgy expert at the British Museum, told the BBC in 2003. “They are a one-off. As far as we know, nobody else has found anything like these. They are odd things; they are one of life’s enigmas.”

    16. Ancient Egyptian Light Bulb?

    A relief beneath the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, Egypt, depicts figures standing around a large light-bulb-like object. Erich Von Däniken, who wrote “Chariot of the Gods,” created a model of the bulb which works when connected to a power source, emitting an eerie, purplish light.


    The light-bulb-like object engraved in a crypt under the Temple of Hathor in Egypt.

    15. Great Wall of Texas

    In 1852, in what is now known as Rockwall County, Texas, farmers digging a well discovered what appeared to be an ancient rock wall. Estimated to be some 200,000 to 400,000 years old, some say it’s a natural formation while others say it’s clearly man-made.


    A historic photo of the “wall” found in Rockwall, Texas.

    Dr. John Geissman at the University of Texas in Dallas tested the rocks as part of a History Channel documentary. He found they were all magnetized the same way, suggesting they formed where they are and were not moved to that site from elsewhere. But some remain unconvinced by this single TV-show test and call for further studies.

    Geologist James Shelton and Harvard-trained architect John Lindsey have noted elements that seem to be of architectural design, including archways, linteled portals, and square openings that resemble windows.

    14. 1.8-Billion-Year-Old Nuclear Reactor?

    In 1972, a French factory imported uranium ore from Oklo, in Africa’s Gabon Republic. The uranium had already been extracted. They found the site of origin to have apparently functioned as a large-scale nuclear reactor that came into being 1.8 billion years ago and was in operation for some 500,000 years.


    Nuclear reactor site, Oklo, Gabon Republic.

    Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, former head of the United States Atomic Energy Commission and Nobel Prize winner for his work in the synthesis of heavy elements, believed it wasn’t a natural phenomenon, and thus must be a man-made nuclear reactor.

    For uranium to “burn” in a reaction, very precise conditions are needed. The water must be extremely pure, for one—much purer than exists naturally. The material U-235 is necessary for nuclear fission to occur. It is one of the isotopes found naturally in uranium. Several specialists in reactor engineering have said they believe the uranium in Oklo could not have been rich enough in U-235 for a reaction to take place naturally.

    13. Sea-Faring Map Makers Before Antarctica Was Covered in Ice?

    A map created by Turkish admiral and cartographer Piri Reis in 1513, but sourced from various earlier maps, is thought by some to depict Antarctica as it was in a very remote age before it was covered with ice.


    A portion of the Piri Reis map of 1513.

    A landmass is shown to jut out from the southern coastline of South America. Captain Lorenzo W. Burroughs, a U.S. Air Force captain in the cartographic section, wrote a letter to Dr. Charles Hapgood in 1961 saying that this landmass seems to accurately show Antarctica’s coast as it is under the ice.

    Dr. Hapgood (1904–1982) was one of the first to publicly suggest that the Piri Reis map depicts Antarctica during a prehistoric time. He was a Harvard-educated historian whose theories about geological shifts earned the admiration of Albert Einstein. He hypothesized that the land masses shifted, explaining why Antarctica is shown as connected to South America.

    Modern studies refute Hapgood’s theory that such a shift could have taken place within thousands of years, but they show it could have happened within millions of years.

    12. 2,000-Year-Old Earthquake Detector

    In 132 A.D., Zhang Heng created the world’s first seismoscope. How exactly it works remains a mystery, but replicas have worked with a precision comparable to modern instruments.


    A replica of an ancient Chinese seismoscope from the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 A.D.), and its inventor, Zhang Heng.

    In 138 A.D., it correctly indicated that an earthquake occurred about 300 miles west of Luoyang, the capital city. No one had felt the quake in Luoyang and dismissed the warning until a messenger arrived days later, requesting aid.

    11. 150,000-Year-Old Pipes?

    Caves near Mount Baigong in China contain pipes leading to a nearby lake. They were dated by the Beijing Institute of Geology to about 150,000 years ago, according to Brian Dunning of Skeptoid.com.


    A file photo of a pipe, and a view of Qinghai Lake in China, near which mysterious iron pipes were found.

    State-run media Xinhua reported that the pipes were analyzed at a local smeltery and 8 percent of the material could not be identified. Zheng Jiandong, a geology research fellow from the China Earthquake Administration, told state-run newspaper People’s Daily, in 2007, that some of the pipes were found to be highly radioactive.

    Jiandong said iron-rich magma may have risen from deep in the Earth, bringing the iron into fissures where it may have solidified into tubes; though he admitted, “There is indeed something mysterious about these pipes.” He cited the radioactivity as an example of the strange qualities of the pipes.

    10. Antikythera Mechanism

    A mechanism often referred to as an ancient “computer,” which was built by Greeks around 150 B.C., was able to calculate astronomical changes with great precision.


    The Antikythera Mechanism is a 2000-year-old mechanical device used to calculate the positions of the sun, moon, planets, and even the dates of the ancient Olympic Games.

    “If it hadn’t been discovered … no one would possibly believe that it could exist because it’s so sophisticated,” said Mathematician Tony Freeth in a NOVA documentary. Mathias Buttet, director of research and development for watch-maker Hublot, said in a video released by the Hellenic Republic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, “This Antikythera Mechanism includes ingenious features which are not found in modern watch-making.”

    9. Drill Bit in Coal

    John Buchanan, Esq., presented a mysterious object to a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on Dec. 13, 1852. A drill bit had been found encapsulated in coal about 22 inches thick, buried in a bed of clay mixed with boulders about 7 feet thick.


    File image of coal (Kkymek/iStock) File image of a drill Konstik/iStock; edited by Epoch Times

    The Earth’s coal is said to have formed hundreds of millions of years ago. The Society decided that the instrument was of a modern level of advancement. But it concluded that “the iron instrument might have been part of a borer broken during some former search for coal.”

    Buchanan’s detailed report did not include any signs that the coal surrounding the instrument had been punctured by drilling.

    8. 2.8-Billion-Year-Old Spheres?

    Spheres with fine grooves around them, found in mines in South Africa, have been said by some to be naturally formed masses of mineral matter. Others have said they were precisely shaped by a prehistoric human hand.


    Top left, bottom right: Spheres, known as Klerksdorp spheres, found in the pyrophyllite (wonderstone) deposits near Ottosdal, South Africa. (Robert Huggett) Top right, bottom left: Similar objects known as Moqui marbles from the Navajo Sandstone of southeast Utah. Paul Heinrich

    “The globes, which have a fibrous structure on the inside with a shell around it, are very hard and cannot be scratched, even by steel,” said Roelf Marx, curator of the museum of Klerksdorp, South Africa, according to Michael Cremo’s book, “Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race.” Marx said the spheres are about 2.8 billion years old.

    If they are mineral masses, it is unclear how exactly they formed.

    7. Iron Pillar of Delhi

    This pillar is at least 1,500 years old but could be older. It remains rust-free and is of astounding purity. It is 99.72 percent iron, according to professor A.P. Gupta, head of the Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities at the Institute of Technology and Management in India.


    An inscription from about 400 A.D. by King Chandragupta II on the Iron Pillar of Delhi.

    In modern times, wrought iron has been made with a purity of 99.8 percent, but it contains manganese and sulfur, two ingredients absent in the pillar.

    It was made at least “400 years before the largest known foundry of the world could have produced it,” wrote John Rowlett in “A Study of the Craftsmen of Ancient and Medieval Civilizations to Show the Influence of their Training on our Present Day Method of Trade Education.”

    6. Viking Sword Ulfberht

    When archaeologists found the Viking sword Ulfberht, dating from 800 to 1000 A.D., they were stunned. They couldn’t see how the technology to make such a sword would have been available until the Industrial Revolution, 800 years later.


    An Ulfberht sword displayed at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany.

    Its carbon content is three times higher than other swords of its time and impurities were removed to such a degree that the iron ore must have been heated to at least 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

    With great effort and precision, modern blacksmith Richard Furrer of Wisconsin forged a sword of Ulfberht quality using technology that would have been available in the Middle Ages. He said it was the most complicated thing he'd ever made, and he used methods not known to have been used by people of that time.

    5. 100-Million-Year-Old Hammer?

    A hammer was found in London, Texas, in 1934, encased in stone that had formed around it. The rock surrounding the hammer is said to be more than 100 million years old.

    Glen J. Kuban, a vocal skeptic of claims that the hammer was made millions of years ago, said the stone may contain materials that are more than 100 million years old, but that doesn’t mean the rock formed around the hammer so long ago.

    He said that some limestone has formed around artifacts known to be from the 20th century, so concretions can form fairly quickly around objects. (Concretions are masses of hardened mineral matter).

    Carl Baugh, who was in possession of the artifact, has said the wooden handle has turned to coal (evidence of its great age) and that the metal its made of has a strange composition. Critics have called for independent testing to verify these claims, but so far no such testing has been conducted.

    4. Prehistoric Work Site?

    Workers at a stone quarry near Aix-en-Provence, France, in the 18th century, came across tools stuck in a layer of limestone 50 feet underground.

    The find was recorded in the American Journal of Science and Arts in 1820 by T. D. Porter, who was translating Count Bournon’s work, “Mineralogy.”


    A file photo of a limestone rock formation.

    The wooden instruments had turned into agate, a hard stone. Porter wrote: “Everything tended to prove that this work had been executed upon the spot where the traces existed. The presence of man had then preceded the formation of this stone, and that very considerably since he was already arrived at such a degree of civilization that the arts were known to him, and that he wrought the stone and formed columns out of it.”

    As stated in the case of the hammer above, limestone has been known to form relatively quickly around modern tools.

    3. Million-Year-Old Bridge?

    According to ancient Indian legend, King Rama built a bridge between India and Sri Lanka more than a million years ago. What appears to be remnants of such a bridge have been seen from satellite images, but many say its a natural formation.


    Adam’s Bridge, also known as Rama’s Bridge, or Ram Setu, between India and Sri Lanka.

    Dr. Badrinarayanan, former director of the Geological Survey of India, studied core samples from the bridge. He was puzzled by the appearance of boulders on top of a marine sand layer, and surmised that the boulders must have been artificially placed there.

    No single natural explanation has been agreed upon by geologists. Dating has been controversial, as some say any given part of the bridge (such as coral samples) cannot give a true picture of how old the entire bridge is.

    2. 500,000-Year-Old Spark Plug?

    In 1961, three people were out searching for geodes for their gem and gift shop in Olancha, California, when they found what appeared to be a spark plug encased in a geode. Virginia Maxey, one of the three discoverers, said at the time that a geologist examined the fossils around the device and dated the device at 500,000 years old or older.

    The geologist was never named, and the current whereabouts of the artifact are unknown. Critics of the claim, Pierre Stromberg and Paul V. Heinrich, only have x-rays and an artist’s sketch of the artifact to analyze. They think it was a modern spark plug encased in a quick-forming concretion rather than a geode.

    But, Stromberg and Heinrich have said, “There is little hard evidence that the original discoverers intended to deceive anyone.”

    1. Prehistoric Wall Near Bahamas?

    A wall of rock in large, thick block shapes was found off the coast of the Bahamas in 1968. Archaeologist William Donato has conducted multiple dives to investigate the wall and hypothesizes it is a man-made structure some 12,000 to 19,000 years old, built to protect a prehistoric settlement from waves.

    He’s found it to be a multi-tiered structure including prop stones that appear to be placed there by human hands. He’s also found what he believes to be anchor stones with rope holes in them.


    Stones submerged off the coast of the Bahamas, said by some to be a man-made wall, more than 10,000 years old.

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