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He notes that evidence increasingly suggests humanity's history stretches much deeper—potentially hundreds of thousands of years into the past. This challenges the entrenched dogma that advanced civilizations only arose after the advent of agriculture and settled life. For example, sites like Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, dating back roughly 11,600 years, demonstrate monumental stonework built by hunter-gatherers, forcing scholars to rethink the origins of complex societies.
Evidence of a Prior Glorious Age
Hancock points out several extraordinary archaeological anomalies that hint at a lost civilization predating known history:
- Göbekli Tepe: built by hunter-gatherers over 11,600 years ago, with sophisticated stone construction and astronomical alignments.