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He explains that Göbekli Tepe emerging just before the advent of agriculture in that region suggests a civilization with sophisticated astronomical and structural knowledge existed long before the rise of farming. This revelation has compelled archaeologists to re-evaluate the timeline and capabilities of early human societies.
The Impact of Catastrophic Events: The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis
Hancock passionately discusses the evidence for a cataclysmic event around 12,800 years ago, during the period termed the Younger Dryas. He describes scientific investigations, especially recent work pointing to a vast crater beneath Greenland’s ice—discovered recently and dating to the same period—likely caused by asteroid or comet impacts.