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
Civilization Regions
Show Boundaries
Colored regions appear when civilizations are active on timeline
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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