[HN Gopher] Evidence of Cosmic Impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria, 125...
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Evidence of Cosmic Impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria, 12500 Years Ago
Author : rbanffy
Score : 58 points
Date : 2021-08-14 16:10 UTC (1 days ago)
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| echelon wrote:
| I wonder if or how this (and potentially future discoveries) will
| change the major impact likelihood equations.
| cs702 wrote:
| That's roughly the start of the Neolithic Era, with early forms
| of farming.[a]
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| Perhaps there's a connection?
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| [a] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic
| gostsamo wrote:
| The death of most big gain is a lost of food source that needs
| a substitute. The theories are climate change due to the end of
| the ice age, overhunting by people, and cosmic impact. All
| three could be true with different weight adding to the end
| result.
| [deleted]
| optimalsolver wrote:
| Paging Graham Hancock...
| dvfjsdhgfv wrote:
| I'm not familiar with the details of his theories, but I think
| he theorized the Earth was visited by aliens, whereas the
| linked article talks about a comet split into several pieces
| large enough to crash into 4 different continents and change
| the climate of the Earth.
| benibela wrote:
| >a comet split into several pieces large enough to crash into
| 4 different continents
|
| That reminds me of Tomb Raider 3
| optimalsolver wrote:
| Graham Hancock's theories aren't about aliens. I'm not sure
| why you're bringing them up.
| ardit33 wrote:
| His theories are about 'advanced civilizations' that build
| everything, and somehow disappeared, and the humans that
| came later just found the knowledge ready... etc. etc.
|
| Basically a bunch of crap without any evidence. If it was
| an advanced civilization, they would have left plenty of
| tools and artifacts behind, but they didn't. The only
| evidence he mentions how Goebli Teppe or the Sphynx, were
| so extraordinary, that they could only be build by some
| advanced civilization. Yet, we have no proof of what he
| says whatsover.
|
| Stonehedge, Mayan pyramids, Atlantis, etc.. are all been
| mixed in these types of imaginations.
|
| The fact is that early humans were not stupid
| savages/cavemen, and civilizations have gone though booms
| and busts cycles even in this era. But that doesn't mean
| that there was some kind of fantastic civilization that we
| don't know about. Fact is that when in good times, where
| food is plentiful, people like to build stuff, for fun,
| religion, etc...
|
| In bad times we did build either walls for defense, or just
| raided other people for resources.
|
| Today's crazy buildings are stadiums, large concert/opera
| halls, etc... which are not needed at all for basic
| survival yet we crave them and are willing to spend lots of
| resources for them. so, building stuff, is ingrained in us,
| and the neolithic people were just like us in this desire.
|
| Also, here is a clear evidence of how could people move
| large amount of rock, with just ropes and primitive
| materials. (the wheel was not invented yet at the time).
|
| Scientists Make Easter Island Statue Walk | National Ge
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpNuh-J5IgE
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| A simple imagination, the island had a festival type of
| routine, where every 4 years they would build one these and
| celebrate.... which is easy to do, even for a small
| population.
|
| Over 40 years you'd have 10 of them in the Island. Over 400
| years, you could have 100s..... A simple ritual for fun,
| for religion, for superstition, to bring the community
| together, it builds large things bit by bit over time.
|
| As they say, Rome was not build in one day. Many of these
| monuments or buildings took decades to build. But when we
| find them, it is always amazing to us as we see the
| finished product of centuries of work.
| simonh wrote:
| He's got the lack of evidence covered. He thinks they are
| advanced in psychological and mental disciplines
| unleashing the 'full potential' of the brain. They
| thought that tools, physical technology, etc is a wrong
| turn in human development.
|
| There is no hole in his theories he can't make up a nice
| story to cover it with.
| QuizzicalCarbon wrote:
| I've read a few Hancock books in my youth for fun and
| from what I recall, his advanced civilizations weren't
| alien, they were just human civilizations more advanced
| than other human civilizations.
| LargoLasskhyfv wrote:
| He is already aware of that, and talked about it several times.
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