Reconstructing the Forgotten Past

Ancient Earth

Exploring Deep Time · Questioning the Consensus
Archaeological Sites
Hominin Sites
Settlements
Monuments
Cave Art
Contested / Anomalous
Ancient Apocalypse
Cataclysmic Events
Younger Dryas Impact
Ice Sheets
Coastal Flooding
Lost Coastlines
Migration Routes
Out of Africa
European Expansion
Asian Routes
Americas Settlement
Oceania/Sahul
Population Groups
African Populations
European Populations
Asian Populations
Oceanian Peoples
First Americans
Technology Origins
Fire
Stone Tools
Agriculture
Language/Symbols
Writing Systems
Astronomy
Megalithic Building
Seafaring
Metallurgy
Pottery
Sky Beings / Ancient Astronaut
All Sky Being Sites
Carvings & artwork depicting aerial craft, suited figures, or 'gods from the sky'
Amazon Revelations
LiDAR Discoveries
Cities for millions hidden under canopy — terra preta, geoglyphs, causeways
12,800 BCE
The Younger Dryas Impact
A cataclysm strikes. Fragments of a disintegrating comet slam into the North American ice sheet, triggering continent-wide wildfires and plunging Earth back into a sudden ice age.
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10,000 BCE Neolithic Revolution begins
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