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Hancock’s discussion of cart ruts—parallel grooves carved into Malta’s limestone—is riddled with inaccuracies. He claims these are 12,800 years old based on scuba-dived underwater observations, but there’s no verified evidence supporting this timeline. In reality, these ruts are estimated to be around 2,500–3,000 years old, consistent with later archaeological contexts. The supposed underwater “proof” Warren diver sites at 25 meters are misrepresented; sea-level rise 12,800 years ago would mean these ruts should be submerged at depths of around 80 meters, not 25.