Podcasts about Denisovan

  Today, Razib talks about a new paper, A structured coalescent model reveals deep ancestral structure shared by all modern humans: Understanding the history of admixture events and population size changes leading to modern humans is central to human evolutionary genetics. Here we introduce a coalescence-based hidden Markov model, cobraa, that explicitly represents an ancestral population split and rejoin, and demonstrate its application on simulated and real data across multiple species. Using cobraa, we present evidence for an extended period of structure in the history of all modern humans, in which two ancestral populations that diverged ~1.5 million years ago came together in an admixture event ~300 thousand years ago, in a ratio of ~80:20%. Immediately after their divergence, we detect a strong bottleneck in the major ancestral population. We inferred regions of the present-day genome derived from each ancestral population, finding that material from the minority correlates strongly with distance to coding sequence, suggesting it was deleterious against the majority background. Moreover, we found a strong correlation between regions of majority ancestry and human–Neanderthal or human–Denisovan divergence, suggesting the majority population was also ancestral to those archaic humans.

Scientists have discovered solid proof that ancient humans weren't as separate as we once thought—they mixed and mingled! By studying DNA from fossils, researchers found that our ancestors, Homo sapiens, had kids with Neanderthals and another group called Denisovans. This mixing left genetic traces that still exist in modern humans today, like certain immune system traits. Some people even carry DNA linked to Denisovans that helps them adapt to high altitudes. It's like a prehistoric family reunion, showing how interconnected early human groups were. These findings are rewriting the story of human evolution, proving it wasn't a straight line but more like a web of relationships! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recent advances in genetics and paleoanthropology are revealing a complex world where multiple hominin species coexisted, interbred, and left behind their DNA in modern populations. Fossils like the Denisovan jawbone Penghu-1 found in Taiwan and enigmatic remains from Red Deer Cave suggest that some archaic humans may have survived into the Holocene, much later than previously thought. Meanwhile, studies of modern genomes have uncovered “genetic ghosts”—traces of unknown ancient populations for which no physical remains have been found, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia. This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we look at these and other recent discoveries challenging our past thinking on ancient humans, which point to a tangled web of migrations and ancient interactions. We look at global folklore and indigenous traditions that describe reclusive, bipedal, humanlike creatures that bear striking similarities across cultures, which raise profound questions about how many kinds of humans once walked the Earth—and whether some still might. Have you had a UFO/UAP sighting? Please consider reporting your sighting to the UAP Sightings Reporting System, a public resource for information about sightings of aerial phenomena. The story doesn't end here... become an X Subscriber and get access to even more weekly content and monthly specials. Want to advertise/sponsor The Micah Hanks Program? We have partnered with the AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. If you would like to advertise with The Micah Hanks Program, all you have to do is click the link below to get started: AdvertiseCast: Advertise with The Micah Hanks Program Show Notes Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode: NEWS: Trump and Zelensky hold war talks inside St. Peter's Basilica ahead of pope's funeral A carnivorous 'bone collector' caterpillar dresses in the remains of its prey   New Findings Cast Doubt on Spectral Evidence of Life on Distant Exoplanet K2-18b  The National Archives needs your help transcribing UFO and JFK files  Ross Coulthart says Ashton Forbes' MH370 theories aren't credible   PENGHU-1: A Mysterious Fossil from an Unknown Humanlike Species Once Baffled Scientists Discovery of “Lost” Species, 'Homo Juluensis,' Challenges Accepted Ideas on Early Hominin Evolution A Genetic Ghost Hunt: What Ancient Humans Live On In Our DNA? A Humanlike “Living Fossil” Could Still Be Alive in Indonesia, This Anthropologist Says The Relict Hominoid Inquiry: Idaho State University BECOME AN X SUBSCRIBER AND GET EVEN MORE GREAT PODCASTS AND MONTHLY SPECIALS FROM MICAH HANKS. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of The Micah Hanks Program, as well as “classic” episodes, weekly “additional editions” of the subscriber-only X Podcast, the monthly Enigmas specials, and much more. Like us on Facebook Follow @MicahHanks on X. Keep up with Micah and his work at micahhanks.com.

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Extremely rare Denisovan jawbone confirms human cousins spread across Asia (details)(details) Teotihuacan Altar found in Guatemala reveals cultural crossover in thriving city-state of Tikal (details)(details)(details) Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal interactions among prehistoric peoples (details) North Macedonian ruins might be the lost capital of the Kingdom of Lyncestis (details)(details)

A tree has evolved to attract lightning strikes — to eliminate the competitionScientists working in Panama noticed that a particular tropical tree species was frequently struck by lightning, but was infrequently killed by the strikes. Forest ecologist Evan Gora found that Dipteryx oleifera trees were often the last ones standing after a lightning strike, which can kill over 100 trees with a single bolt. His team discovered the giant trees were more electrically conductive than other species, which allows them to not only survive strikes, but also channel lightning into parasitic vines and competing trees around them. The research was published in the journal New Phytologist.Anti-anxiety drugs we pee out could be affecting wild salmonOur bodies only process some of the pharmaceuticals we take, which means when we pee, we're releasing traces of drugs into the ecosystem. A study of the impact of trace amounts of anti-anxiety drugs on juvenile salmon suggests they might become too brave for their own survival.  Jack Brand is a researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and led the research published in the journal Science.Fossil discovery gives new insight into the mysterious DenisovansA jawbone pulled up by fishers off the coast of Taiwan in 2008 has proven to be a unique discovery. Analysis of preserved protein in the fossil has proved it is from a male Denisovan — a mysterious species of ancient human known from only fragmentary bones and ancient DNA. This gives new insight into how widespread this mysterious branch of humanity was. The research was led by a team including Takumi Tsutaya and Enrico Cappellini at the University of Copenhagen, and published in the journal Science.Earth's inner core is a lot more dynamic and smushy than we previously thoughtScientists used to think the inner core of our planet was a solid sphere of metal, but a new study in Nature Geoscience suggests its softer outer layers shift and deform over time. The researchers used pairs of earthquakes from the same location as X-rays to peer inside Earth to gauge what the inner core is doing; much like a stop-motion film. John Vidale, from the University of Southern California, said this insight can shed light on how a planet like ours evolves. Human noise has an impact on wildlife — here are two unique examplesTraffic, aircraft, industry, construction. Our world is saturated with artificial noise. We know noise impacts us and other animals, but new research is shedding light on how past experiences factor into the ways wildlife adapt to our noise pollution. Researchers in one study in Animal Behaviour found that yellow warblers in the Galapagos Islands that live closer to traffic become aggressive when defending their territory in noisy conditions compared to birds in quieter areas. Çağlar Akçay, from Anglia Ruskin University, said the birds exposed to more traffic have learned their warning calls aren't as effective when things get too noisy; and they resort to physical violence. Another study in Current Biology shows how spiders that are exposed to loud noises construct their webs differently in ways that could affect their ability to sense vibrations from prey or a potential mate. Brandi Pessman, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, found that spiders tune their webs in noisy environments like a volume dial: city spiders turn their web volume down whereas country spiders turn it up.

If you have Denisovan DNA, it means you carry genes from an ancient human species that lived thousands of years ago.

Why is it that humans can talk but mice can't? New research published in the journal Nature Communications found that it might be due to a specific gene. If you asked somebody what sound a mouse makes, most people would answer 'squeak' - but mice can also make chirping sounds in the ultrasonic range that humans can't hear. The researchers took a variant of a gene called NOVA1, which is only found in humans, and gene-edited it into mice. The genetically modified mice started to squeak differently to the mice without the gene. Genetically modified baby mice that were separated from their mothers made very distinctly different sounds compared to non-modified baby mice from the same litter. Adult male mice also changed their songs during mating calls when they had the NOVA1 gene. These results suggests that the human version of NOVA1 is likely to influence vocal communication and could be a key player in the evolution of our speech. To confirm that this genetic variant was truly unique to modern humans, the researchers then did an analysis that checked genomes from extinct human species, the Neanderthals and Denisovans. They found that our ancient ancestors lacked this variant, however it was present in the genomes of modern humans from around the world. Humans are unique as a species when it comes to how we communicate, and knowing the gene involved in language could help us to understand how we began talking in the first place as well as potentially helping in treating speech disorders. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the first half, Michael Cremo, an authority on archaeological anomalies, discussed the complex history of human evolution and the coexistence of various hominid species. He reported on the recent discovery of Homo Juluensis-- a new species of ancient human found by archaeologists in China. From skull fragments from around 200,000 years ago, they have calculated that this species' brain volume or cranial capacity was higher than that of modern humans. Though the beings were believed to be around six ft. tall, Cremo pointed out they may be genetically linked to the much smaller Homo floresiensis out of Indonesia, who have been nicknamed the "Hobbit."Cremo expressed skepticism about the linear progression of human evolution often taught in schools, stating, "the real pattern added up to coexistence of various types of hominids." Up to about 800,000 years ago, humans coexisted with other species like Homo erectus and the Denisovans, he said, suggesting that these interactions may have led to interbreeding, as evidenced by the DNA remnants found in modern humans.Cremo also shared intriguing archaeological finds that challenge our understanding of human history, including a reportedly 50-million-year-old object discovered in a mine in France in the 19th century that was possibly used as a weapon, similar to a slingshot. These types of findings indicate a very ancient human presence going back millions of years, he said, emphasizing that such artifacts are typically associated with anatomically modern humans, not earlier hominids.--------------In the latter half, the President and co-founder of a leading online obituary website, Mandy Benoualid, discussed her passion for honoring legacies and the evolving landscape of the funeral industry, including new technology forms. She recounted the inspirations that led her to create Keeper, an online platform allowing families to document and share their loved one's stories. This initiative has grown, particularly post-COVID, with increased interest in "living memorial pages," where individuals can share their stories before passing.Discussing the shift in funeral practices, Benoualid declared that "cremation has just completely changed the way that we have funerals today," with far fewer of the bereaved choosing open caskets and viewings. She highlighted the growing trend of direct cremation and the competitive pricing that has emerged in the industry. She also touched on how the funeral industry has seen a great deal of consolidation, with larger companies buying out the "Mom & Pop" funeral homes. Regarding the financial aspects, she revealed that a full-service funeral can average around $10,000, excluding plot costs.Speaking of the transformative impact of technology on funerals, she noted how the process has shifted online. "You can plan a full cremation service without ever going anywhere," she explained, pointing out the convenience of digital platforms for managing funeral arrangements, including services held over Zoom. Further, QR codes can be placed on tombs and monuments in cemeteries, allowing people to learn details about the lives of the departed.

In the first half, Michael Cremo, an authority on archaeological anomalies, discussed the complex history of human evolution and the coexistence of various hominid species. He reported on the recent discovery of Homo Juluensis-- a new species of ancient human found by archaeologists in China. From skull fragments from around 200,000 years ago, they have calculated that this species' brain volume or cranial capacity was higher than that of modern humans. Though the beings were believed to be around six ft. tall, Cremo pointed out they may be genetically linked to the much smaller Homo floresiensis out of Indonesia, who have been nicknamed the "Hobbit."Cremo expressed skepticism about the linear progression of human evolution often taught in schools, stating, "the real pattern added up to coexistence of various types of hominids." Up to about 800,000 years ago, humans coexisted with other species like Homo erectus and the Denisovans, he said, suggesting that these interactions may have led to interbreeding, as evidenced by the DNA remnants found in modern humans.Cremo also shared intriguing archaeological finds that challenge our understanding of human history, including a reportedly 50-million-year-old object discovered in a mine in France in the 19th century that was possibly used as a weapon, similar to a slingshot. These types of findings indicate a very ancient human presence going back millions of years, he said, emphasizing that such artifacts are typically associated with anatomically modern humans, not earlier hominids.--------------In the latter half, the President and co-founder of a leading online obituary website, Mandy Benoualid, discussed her passion for honoring legacies and the evolving landscape of the funeral industry, including new technology forms. She recounted the inspirations that led her to create Keeper, an online platform allowing families to document and share their loved one's stories. This initiative has grown, particularly post-COVID, with increased interest in "living memorial pages," where individuals can share their stories before passing.Discussing the shift in funeral practices, Benoualid declared that "cremation has just completely changed the way that we have funerals today," with far fewer of the bereaved choosing open caskets and viewings. She highlighted the growing trend of direct cremation and the competitive pricing that has emerged in the industry. She also touched on how the funeral industry has seen a great deal of consolidation, with larger companies buying out the "Mom & Pop" funeral homes. Regarding the financial aspects, she revealed that a full-service funeral can average around $10,000, excluding plot costs.Speaking of the transformative impact of technology on funerals, she noted how the process has shifted online. "You can plan a full cremation service without ever going anywhere," she explained, pointing out the convenience of digital platforms for managing funeral arrangements, including services held over Zoom. Further, QR codes can be placed on tombs and monuments in cemeteries, allowing people to learn details about the lives of the departed.

In the first half, Michael Cremo, an authority on archaeological anomalies, discussed the complex history of human evolution and the coexistence of various hominid species. He reported on the recent discovery of Homo Juluensis-- a new species of ancient human found by archaeologists in China. From skull fragments from around 200,000 years ago, they have calculated that this species' brain volume or cranial capacity was higher than that of modern humans. Though the beings were believed to be around six ft. tall, Cremo pointed out they may be genetically linked to the much smaller Homo floresiensis out of Indonesia, who have been nicknamed the "Hobbit."Cremo expressed skepticism about the linear progression of human evolution often taught in schools, stating, "the real pattern added up to coexistence of various types of hominids." Up to about 800,000 years ago, humans coexisted with other species like Homo erectus and the Denisovans, he said, suggesting that these interactions may have led to interbreeding, as evidenced by the DNA remnants found in modern humans.Cremo also shared intriguing archaeological finds that challenge our understanding of human history, including a reportedly 50-million-year-old object discovered in a mine in France in the 19th century that was possibly used as a weapon, similar to a slingshot. These types of findings indicate a very ancient human presence going back millions of years, he said, emphasizing that such artifacts are typically associated with anatomically modern humans, not earlier hominids.--------------In the latter half, the President and co-founder of a leading online obituary website, Mandy Benoualid, discussed her passion for honoring legacies and the evolving landscape of the funeral industry, including new technology forms. She recounted the inspirations that led her to create Keeper, an online platform allowing families to document and share their loved one's stories. This initiative has grown, particularly post-COVID, with increased interest in "living memorial pages," where individuals can share their stories before passing.Discussing the shift in funeral practices, Benoualid declared that "cremation has just completely changed the way that we have funerals today," with far fewer of the bereaved choosing open caskets and viewings. She highlighted the growing trend of direct cremation and the competitive pricing that has emerged in the industry. She also touched on how the funeral industry has seen a great deal of consolidation, with larger companies buying out the "Mom & Pop" funeral homes. Regarding the financial aspects, she revealed that a full-service funeral can average around $10,000, excluding plot costs.Speaking of the transformative impact of technology on funerals, she noted how the process has shifted online. "You can plan a full cremation service without ever going anywhere," she explained, pointing out the convenience of digital platforms for managing funeral arrangements, including services held over Zoom. Further, QR codes can be placed on tombs and monuments in cemeteries, allowing people to learn details about the lives of the departed.

In the first half, Michael Cremo, an authority on archaeological anomalies, discussed the complex history of human evolution and the coexistence of various hominid species. He reported on the recent discovery of Homo Juluensis-- a new species of ancient human found by archaeologists in China. From skull fragments from around 200,000 years ago, they have calculated that this species' brain volume or cranial capacity was higher than that of modern humans. Though the beings were believed to be around six ft. tall, Cremo pointed out they may be genetically linked to the much smaller Homo floresiensis out of Indonesia, who have been nicknamed the "Hobbit."Cremo expressed skepticism about the linear progression of human evolution often taught in schools, stating, "the real pattern added up to coexistence of various types of hominids." Up to about 800,000 years ago, humans coexisted with other species like Homo erectus and the Denisovans, he said, suggesting that these interactions may have led to interbreeding, as evidenced by the DNA remnants found in modern humans.Cremo also shared intriguing archaeological finds that challenge our understanding of human history, including a reportedly 50-million-year-old object discovered in a mine in France in the 19th century that was possibly used as a weapon, similar to a slingshot. These types of findings indicate a very ancient human presence going back millions of years, he said, emphasizing that such artifacts are typically associated with anatomically modern humans, not earlier hominids.--------------In the latter half, the President and co-founder of a leading online obituary website, Mandy Benoualid, discussed her passion for honoring legacies and the evolving landscape of the funeral industry, including new technology forms. She recounted the inspirations that led her to create Keeper, an online platform allowing families to document and share their loved one's stories. This initiative has grown, particularly post-COVID, with increased interest in "living memorial pages," where individuals can share their stories before passing.Discussing the shift in funeral practices, Benoualid declared that "cremation has just completely changed the way that we have funerals today," with far fewer of the bereaved choosing open caskets and viewings. She highlighted the growing trend of direct cremation and the competitive pricing that has emerged in the industry. She also touched on how the funeral industry has seen a great deal of consolidation, with larger companies buying out the "Mom & Pop" funeral homes. Regarding the financial aspects, she revealed that a full-service funeral can average around $10,000, excluding plot costs.Speaking of the transformative impact of technology on funerals, she noted how the process has shifted online. "You can plan a full cremation service without ever going anywhere," she explained, pointing out the convenience of digital platforms for managing funeral arrangements, including services held over Zoom. Further, QR codes can be placed on tombs and monuments in cemeteries, allowing people to learn details about the lives of the departed.

Researchers have identified NOVA1 as a potential human “language gene” that may have played a crucial role in the evolution of spoken language. Unlike other mammals, humans have a unique variant of this gene, which even Neanderthals and Denisovans lacked. This suggests it emerged relatively recently in our evolutionary history. When scientists inserted the human NOVA1 variant into mice, the rodents' vocalization patterns changed—pups produced higher-frequency squeaks, while adult males developed more complex courtship calls. Guest: Dr. Robert Darnell - Professor and Investigator at The Rockefeller University's Howard Hughes Medical Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most results show ancestry back 2000-3000 years from where a family originated from, but now A.I opened a world of prediction based on Cro-Magnon, Denisovan and Neanderthal archaic DNA for even more personalized ancestry analysis. At the same time the economy. ☕ Support Civilization Cycle Podcast Buy As a Double Espresso

Chris Stringer places Homo longi with previously known ancient humans, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, and our own species, Homo sapiens.

  On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, third-time guest John Hawks returns after two years to discuss what we've learned in paleoanthropology since he and Razib last talked. Hawks obtained his PhD under Milford H. Wolpoff, and is currently a professor in anthropology at the University of Wisconsin. Hawks has also co-authored Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story and Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins with Lee Berger. Razib first presses Hawks on what we know about archaic human admixture into modern populations, and particularly what we've learned about Denisovans. They discuss how many Denisovan populations there were, how many Denisovan fossil remains we have, and why it has taken so long for researchers to assign a species name to this lineage of humans. Hawks also address the puzzle of the phenomenon of why there are at least two pygmy hominin populations in Southeast Asia. Perhaps humans too are subject to island dwarfism like many other mammals? Also, Razib wonders why Southeast Asia was home to such a startling variety of humans at once prior to the arrival of modern populations. They discuss all of this in light of the framework of Out-of-Africa, the recent spread of anatomically modern humans outside of Africa. Razib questions how robust this model is today given our understanding of modern humans' extensive and repeated interactions with both Neanderthals and Denisovans. Finally, Hawks covers some controversies over fossils being sent into space that roiled the archaeological world last year.

In this enlightening episode of the Prometheus Lens Podcast, host Doc Brown engages with Dr. Greg Little, a seasoned psychologist and researcher, to explore the fascinating topics of mounds, giants, and Native American rituals. Dr. Little shares his extensive background, including his journey into the study of mounds and the spiritual experiences that have shaped his understanding of ancient cultures. The conversation delves into the Adena elite hypothesis, the significance of dreams, and the connections to Denisovans, providing listeners with a rich tapestry of insights into the mysteries of the past. In this conversation, Greg Little and Justin explore the complex history of ancient civilizations in North America, focusing on the hybrid race that brought advanced technology and architecture. They discuss the significance of ancient mounds, the evolution of archaeological understanding, and the population dynamics of pre-Columbian America. The conversation delves into the transformation of the Amazon rainforest and the enigma surrounding South American civilizations. Additionally, they examine the cosmology and belief systems of mound builders, particularly their views on the path of souls and spiritual energy. In this conversation, Greg Little and Justin explore the profound connections between Egyptian and Native American beliefs regarding the afterlife, the weighing of souls, and the spiritual significance of various rituals. They delve into the cosmic alignments of ancient civilizations, the use of hallucinogens in ceremonies, and reflect on the rich history and culture of Native Americans, emphasizing their sophisticated understanding of the universe and the spiritual journey of the soul.Head over to http://www.prometheuslenspodcast.com to sign up for the "All Access Pass" and get early access to episodes, private community, members only episodes, private Q & A's, and coming documentaries.Love the quality of these videos? Sign up for Riverside.fm through this link for a special offer! https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_5&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=justin-brownSPONSORS:Squatch Survival Gear: http://www.squatchsurvivalgear.comNeed help with video or audio? Give my boy Jason a shout! Tamayo.jason@gmail.comWant to donate to the show? Send your one time donation to “Elrod32” on Venmo or PayPal. All donations will get a shout out and thank you on a recording.Have you written a book? Have a show idea? Had a supernatural experience you'd like to share on the show? Go to the website and click the contact link. I'd love to hear from you!

The scientists said their new findings on the mixing and mating of the groups suggested the activities happened a little more recently than thought in the past. They believe the contact continued over many generations. 科学家们表示，他们关于这些群体混合和交配的新发现表明，这些活动发生的时间比过去想象的要晚一些。他们相信这种接触持续了好几代人。Priya Moorjani was co-writer of the study appearing in Science. She is an assistant professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley. She told Reuters, “Genetic data from these samples really helps us paint a picture in more and more detail.” Priya Moorjani 是发表在《科学》杂志上的这项研究的合著者。她是加州大学伯克利分校分子和细胞生物学助理教授。她告诉路透社，“这些样本的基因数据确实帮助我们越来越详细地描绘了一幅图景。” The team noted that it is difficult to know the exact nature of the interactions between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals based on the examined data. The researchers also could not confirm exactly where the mixing and mating happened. However, they believe it was most likely somewhere in the Middle East. 研究小组指出，根据检查的数据很难了解智人和尼安德特人之间相互作用的确切性质。研究人员也无法确定混合和交配发生的确切位置。然而，他们认为它很可能在中东某个地方。 The researchers noted most modern humans still have genetic material from Neanderthals that accounts for an estimated one to two percent of their DNA. They said modern-day genetic traits linked to skin color, hair color and even nose shape can relate back to the Neanderthals. Our genetic makeup also includes links to another group of human ancestors called Denisovans. 研究人员指出，大多数现代人类仍然拥有来自尼安德特人的遗传物质，估计占其 DNA 的百分之一到百分之二。他们说，与肤色、头发颜色甚至鼻子形状相关的现代遗传特征可以追溯到尼安德特人。我们的基因构成还包括与另一群人类祖先（丹尼索瓦人）的联系。 Moorjani noted that the history of Neanderthals living outside Africa for thousands of years likely gave them a greater ability to deal with climate and diseases in new environments. “Some of their genes may have been beneficial to modern humans,” she added. 穆尔贾尼指出，尼安德特人在非洲以外生活了数千年的历史可能使他们在新环境中应对气候和疾病的能力更强。“它们的一些基因可能对现代人类有益，”她补充道。 Rick Potts is director of the Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins program. He was not involved in the new research. Potts told The Associated Press he hopes future genetic studies can help scientists learn even more details about the interactions of Neanderthals and modern humans. 里克·波茨 (Rick Potts) 是史密森学会人类起源项目的主任。他没有参与这项新研究。波茨告诉美联社，他希望未来的基因研究能够帮助科学家了解更多关于尼安德特人和现代人类相互作用的细节。 He said, “Out of many really compelling areas of scientific investigation, one of them is: well, who are we?” 他说：“在许多真正引人注目的科学研究领域中，其中之一是：嗯，我们是谁？”

Author and explorer Andrew Collins joins us for a fascinating conversation about the origins of civilization, agriculture, and megalithic construction in the deep past, as evidenced by sites like Gobekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe, and others in modern day Turkey. We discuss Giants, Nephilim, Annunaki, the mysterious Denisovans, and a possible cult of the Cosmic Serpent in deep prehistory.Much of this discussion is on the subjects in Andrew's latest book, "Karahan Tepe: Civilization of the Annunaki and the Cosmic Origins of the Serpent of Eden", which you can get here:https://a.co/d/2l2CUoCOr here:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/karahan-tepe-andrew-collins/1144630685See Andrew's website here:https://andrewcollins.com/page/news/index.htm

Author and explorer Andrew Collins joins us for a fascinating conversation about the origins of civilization, agriculture, and megalithic construction in the deep past, as evidenced by sites like Gobekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe, and others in modern day Turkey. We discuss Giants, Nephilim, Annunaki, the mysterious Denisovans, and a possible cult of the Cosmic Serpent in deep prehistory. Much of this discussion is on the subjects in Andrew's latest book, "Karahan Tepe: Civilization of the Annunaki and the Cosmic Origins of the Serpent of Eden", which you can get here: https://a.co/d/2l2CUoC Or here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/karahan-tepe-andrew-collins/1144630685 See Andrew's website here: https://andrewcollins.com/page/news/index.htm   Thanks to Troy for the episode art!   We will be in Turkey in 2025 with Ben and Yousef, join us! See the itinerary here: https://unchartedx.com/turkey2025/ We will also be back in Egypt in 2025! Join us and Ben from UnchartedX for one of the most amazing experiences of a lifetime in Egypt: https://unchartedx.com/site/egypt2025/ Join our Patreon, support the show, get extra content and early access! https://www.patreon.com/brothersoftheserpent Support the show with a paypal donation: https://paypal.me/snakebros  

We're experimenting! Give us (constructive) feedback.In this episode of Discover Daily, we dive into three compelling stories that intersect technology, science, and human behavior. The show kicks off with breaking news about Elon Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay package being voided by a Delaware judge, exploring the implications for corporate governance and executive compensation across the tech industry. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick's ruling raises important questions about oversight and fairness in CEO compensationThe conversation then shifts to a groundbreaking scientific discovery about Denisovan DNA's influence on modern human immune systems. Research published in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals that up to 50% of immune-related genes in modern Papuans originated from Denisovans, demonstrating how ancient interbreeding continues to affect human health and adaptation todayThe episode concludes with an in-depth exploration of the Dunning-Kruger effect, a fascinating psychological phenomenon that explains why people with limited knowledge tend to overestimate their abilities. The discussion covers the characteristic Dunning-Kruger curve, from the "Peak of Mount Stupid" to the "Valley of Despair," and examines its implications for workplace dynamics, education, and social media discourseFrom Perplexity's Discover Feed:https://www.perplexity.ai/page/denisovan-dna-s-legacy-BXKO8shRTjSSs1Q3wP6fJAhttps://www.perplexity.ai/page/musk-s-56b-pay-rejected-9GybdlU0TOitraxKbqduqQhttps://www.perplexity.ai/page/dunning-kruger-curve-B2EJ3bmgT6eMxHwpJ4jNLQPerplexity is the fastest and most powerful way to search the web. Perplexity crawls the web and curates the most relevant and up-to-date sources (from academic papers to Reddit threads) to create the perfect response to any question or topic you're interested in. Take the world's knowledge with you anywhere. Available on iOS and Android Join our growing Discord community for the latest updates and exclusive content. Follow us on: Instagram Threads X (Twitter) YouTube Linkedin

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Lluís Quintana-Murci is a professor at the College de France in Paris where he holds the Chair of Human Genomics and Evolution. He also directs the Human Evolutionary Genetics Unit at the Institut Pasteur. I talk to him about: - The story of homo sapiens' journey out of Africa - What the study of genetics can teach us about our history - How mixing with Neanderthals and Denisovans helped us adapt and survive - What this means for a future of personalised nutrition and precision medicine - & much more Connect with Lluís: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lluis-quintana-murci-412b4035/ https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/human-evolutionary-genetics/ "Human Peoples: On the Genetic Traces of Human Evolution, Migration and Adaptation" - https://amzn.eu/d/4HyrxPm Connect with me: https://theinsightpodcast.com https://www.twitter.com/samuelcwhart https://www.instagram.com/samuelcwhart https://www.facebook.com/samuelcwhart https://www.youtube.com/@samuelcwhart

In the finale of our 3 part series on Hairy Hominds Shawn Engelmann from Creepy Acres returns to discuss the Orang Pendek. Sources: Coleman, Loren, and Jerome Clark. Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters Sasquatch Chupacabras and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature. Touchstone, 2013. Halls, Kelly Milner, and Rick Spears. Cryptid Creatures: A Field Guide. Little Bigfoot, an Imprint of Sasquatch Books, 2019. The Yeti, aka Abominable Snowman: A Classic Cryptid | HowStuffWorks Science is no friend to the elusive Yeti | CNN Yeti: Legend of the Mystical Animal Hiding in the Himalayas (gototibet.com) Abominable Snowman | Description & Theories | Britannica Yeti of the Himalayas (greattibettour.com) Yeti or not, something interesting is out there - Nikkei Asia Almas | legendary creature | Britannica Blasts from the past: The Soviet ape-man scandal | New Scientist Warning - Body Horror Almas | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom The Cryptid Zoo: Almas (newanimal.org) Alma – Yeti from Mongolia | DinoAnimals.com The UnMuseum - The Alma of Central Asia Orang Pendek: A Cryptozoological Animal in the Sumatran Wilderness - Wild Sumatra Orang Pendek, The Elusive ‘Bigfoot' Of Sumatra's Mountain Forests (allthatsinteresting.com) Homo floresiensis | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program Homo floresiensis: the real-life 'hobbit'? | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk) Homo floresiensis - The Australian Museum Our ‘Homo sapiens' ancestors shared the world with Neanderthals, Denisovans and other types of humans whose DNA lives on in our genes (theconversation.com) Homo neanderthalensis | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program The Denisovans - The Australian Museum Homo erectus | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program (si.edu) #orangpendek #cryptozoology

We are kback with part 2 of our special 3 part series on Hairy Homonids and we are joined again by the expert himself ⁠Shawn Engelman from Creepy Acres! ⁠ We are continuing with one of the lesser known of Bigfoot's "cousins" the alma. Sources: Coleman, Loren, and Jerome Clark. Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters Sasquatch Chupacabras and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature. Touchstone, 2013. Halls, Kelly Milner, and Rick Spears. Cryptid Creatures: A Field Guide. Little Bigfoot, an Imprint of Sasquatch Books, 2019. ⁠The Yeti, aka Abominable Snowman: A Classic Cryptid | HowStuffWorks⁠ ⁠Science is no friend to the elusive Yeti | CNN⁠ ⁠Yeti: Legend of the Mystical Animal Hiding in the Himalayas (gototibet.com)⁠ ⁠Abominable Snowman | Description & Theories | Britannica⁠ ⁠Yeti of the Himalayas (greattibettour.com)⁠ ⁠Yeti or not, something interesting is out there - Nikkei Asia⁠ ⁠Almas | legendary creature | Britannica⁠ ⁠Blasts from the past: The Soviet ape-man scandal | New Scientist⁠ Warning - Body Horror ⁠Almas | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom⁠ ⁠The Cryptid Zoo: Almas (newanimal.org)⁠ ⁠Alma – Yeti from Mongolia | DinoAnimals.com⁠ ⁠The UnMuseum - The Alma of Central Asia⁠ ⁠Orang Pendek: A Cryptozoological Animal in the Sumatran Wilderness - Wild Sumatra⁠ ⁠Orang Pendek, The Elusive ‘Bigfoot' Of Sumatra's Mountain Forests (allthatsinteresting.com)⁠ ⁠Homo floresiensis | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program⁠ ⁠Homo floresiensis: the real-life 'hobbit'? | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)⁠ ⁠Homo floresiensis - The Australian Museum⁠ ⁠Our ‘Homo sapiens' ancestors shared the world with Neanderthals, Denisovans and other types of humans whose DNA lives on in our genes (theconversation.com)⁠ ⁠Homo neanderthalensis | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program⁠ ⁠The Denisovans - The Australian Museum⁠ ⁠Homo erectus | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program (si.edu)⁠ #alma #cryptozoology #denisovan #homoerectus

We are kicking off another special 3 part series this time on Hairy Homonids and we are joined by the expert himself Shawn Engelman from Creepy Acres! We are starting off strong with the most well known of Bigfoot's "cousins" the yeti. Sources: Coleman, Loren, and Jerome Clark. Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters Sasquatch Chupacabras and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature. Touchstone, 2013. Halls, Kelly Milner, and Rick Spears. Cryptid Creatures: A Field Guide. Little Bigfoot, an Imprint of Sasquatch Books, 2019. The Yeti, aka Abominable Snowman: A Classic Cryptid | HowStuffWorks Science is no friend to the elusive Yeti | CNN Yeti: Legend of the Mystical Animal Hiding in the Himalayas (gototibet.com) Abominable Snowman | Description & Theories | Britannica Yeti of the Himalayas (greattibettour.com) Yeti or not, something interesting is out there - Nikkei Asia Almas | legendary creature | Britannica Blasts from the past: The Soviet ape-man scandal | New Scientist Almas | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom The Cryptid Zoo: Almas (newanimal.org) Alma – Yeti from Mongolia | DinoAnimals.com The UnMuseum - The Alma of Central Asia Orang Pendek: A Cryptozoological Animal in the Sumatran Wilderness - Wild Sumatra Orang Pendek, The Elusive ‘Bigfoot' Of Sumatra's Mountain Forests (allthatsinteresting.com) Homo floresiensis | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program Homo floresiensis: the real-life 'hobbit'? | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk) Homo floresiensis - The Australian Museum Our ‘Homo sapiens' ancestors shared the world with Neanderthals, Denisovans and other types of humans whose DNA lives on in our genes (theconversation.com) Homo neanderthalensis | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program The Denisovans - The Australian Museum Homo erectus | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program (si.edu) #yeti #cryptozoology

My special guest is Andrew Collins where to discuss his book The Cygnus Key: The Denisovan Legacy, Göbekli Tepe, and the Birth of Egypt.New evidence showing that the earliest origins of human culture, religion, and technology derive from the lost world of the Denisovans • Explains how Göbekli Tepe and the Giza pyramids are aligned with the constellation of Cygnus and show evidence of enhanced sound-acoustic technology • Traces the origins of Göbekli Tepe and the Giza pyramids to the Denisovans, a previously unknown human population remembered in myth as a race of giants • Shows how the ancient belief in Cygnus as the origin point for the human soul is as much as 45,000 years old and originally came from southern Siberia Built at the end of the last ice age around 9600 BCE, Göbekli Tepe in southeast Turkey was designed to align with the constellation of the celestial swan, Cygnus--a fact confirmed by the discovery at the site of a tiny bone plaque carved with the three key stars of Cygnus. Remarkably, the three main pyramids at Giza in Egypt, including the Great Pyramid, align with the same three stars. But where did this ancient veneration of Cygnus come from? Showing that Cygnus was once seen as a portal to the sky-world, Andrew Collins reveals how, at both sites, the attention toward this star group is linked with sound acoustics and the use of musical intervals “discovered” thousands of years later by the Greek mathematician Pythagoras. Collins traces these ideas as well as early advances in human technology and cosmology back to the Altai-Baikal region of Russian Siberia, where the cult of the swan flourished as much as 20,000 years ago. He shows how these concepts, including a complex numeric system based on long-term eclipse cycles, are derived from an extinct human population known as the Denisovans. Not only were they of exceptional size--the ancient giants of myth--but archaeological discoveries show that this previously unrecognized human population achieved an advanced level of culture, including the use of high-speed drilling techniques and the creation of musical instruments. The author explains how the stars of Cygnus coincided with the turning point of the heavens at the moment the Denisovan legacy was handed to the first human societies in southern Siberia 45,000 years ago, catalyzing beliefs in swan ancestry and an understanding of Cygnus as the source of cosmic creation. It also led to powerful ideas involving the Milky Way's Dark Rift, viewed as the Path of Souls and the sky-road shamans travel to reach the sky-world. He explores how their sound technology and ancient cosmologies were carried into the West, flowering first at Göbekli Tepe and then later in Egypt's Nile Valley. Collins shows how the ancient belief in Cygnus as the source of creation can also be found in many other cultures around the world, further confirming the role played by the Denisovan legacy in the genesis of human civilization.Follow Our Other ShowsFollow UFO WitnessesFollow Crime Watch WeeklyFollow Paranormal FearsFollow Seven: Disturbing Chronicle StoriesJoin our Patreon for ad-free listening and more bonus content.Follow us on Instagram @mysteriousradioFollow us on TikTok mysteriousradioTikTok Follow us on Twitter @mysteriousradio Follow us on Pinterest pinterest.com/mysteriousradio Like us on Facebook Facebook.com/mysteriousradio

Today we go in depth about the death of John Allen Chau in 2018, including a complete reading of his own personal diary of the terrifying, disturbing events around North Sentinel Island. Events that he willingly waded into.  Was he a hero or a villain?  Selfless or Narcissistic?  Chances are very high the verdict you render will depend greatly on your own temperament, backgorund, and beliefs. In other words, your opinion of John will depend on which tribe you are a member of.Art by Ian ArmstrongTo support this podcast:https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-being-human--5806452/support

Neanderthals got their name from a valley that was, in turn, named after a beloved pastor and hymnwriter named Joachim Neander. Thus, since their first discovery, they have been associated with Christianity, believe it or not. Problem is, Neanderthals have been consistently used as arguments against the very foundation of Christianity: the Bible. Can we incorporate these enigmatic people into any sort of biblical history? If so, how? Dr Rob gives his solution here. Neanderthals are a post-Flood people group, descendants of Adam and Eve, and descendants of Noah. There were fully human, but also highly mutated. Joachim Neander: wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Neander Praise to the Lord, the Almighty: wikipedia.org/wiki/Praise_to_the_Lord,_the_Almighty Pettyjohn's Cave: walkercountyga.gov/discover/recreation/crockford-pigeon-mountain-wildlife-management-area/caving/ Virchow: creation.com/african-invasion-of-the-bodysnatchers POGs = People Outside the Garden: creation.com/review-swamidass-the-genealogical-adam-and-eve Questions about Cain: creation.com/cain-chronology Neanderthals POST Flood: creation.com/neanderthals-pre-flood Patriarchal Drive (article): creation.com/patriarchal-drive Patriarchal Drive (video): biblicalgenetics.com/old-fathers-are-genetic-poison/ Long branch attraction: wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_branch_attraction Not the Flintstones—it's the Denisovans: creation.com/denisovan An overview of the Denisovan puzzle: creation.com/denisovan-puzzle Neanderthal the changing picture: creation.com/neandertal-man-the-changing-picture Poznik's claim that most African Ys arose outside of Africa: Poznik, G.D. et al., Punctuated bursts in human male demography inferred from 1,244 worldwide Y-chromosome sequences, Nature 48:593–599, 2016, nature.com/articles/ng.3559. Thumbnail photo by Jakub Hałun  Model of Homo neanderthalensis man in The Natural History Museum, Vienna - via Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_Sapiens,_Cro-Magnon_1_The_Natural_History_Museum_Vienna,_20210730_1223_1272.jpg.

Interview Starts at 35:10 Matt Shy, friend of the show joins us to share his recent research into the whole Giant phenomenon. He starts out fresh and skeptical and ends up believing after review of all the evidence. We chat about the definition of 'Giant' in this context, Gigantism, skeletons in Italy, all the myths, religious wanting, the spiritual aspect, huge weapons, the French Caves, mega fauna, Younger Dryas, DNA and the red hair thing, Catalina Island, Cyclopean architecture, Titans, the land bridge, Immigration and the Copper mines in America.   Why before the 'Cardiff' Giant?   If you would rather watch: https://rumble.com/v59vllo-matthew-shy.-there-be-giants.html https://rokfin.com/stream/51246   Become a Lord or Lady with 1k donations over time. And a Noble with any donation. Leave Serfdom behind and help Grimerica stick to 0 ads and sponsors and fully listener supported. Thanks for listening!! Help support the show, because we can't do it without ya.   Support the show directly: http://www.grimerica.ca/support https://www.patreon.com/grimerica  http://www.grimericaoutlawed.ca/support www.Rokfin.com/Grimerica   Outlawed Canadians YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@grimerica/featured Adultbrain Audiobook YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@adultbrainaudiobookpublishing https://grimericaoutlawed.ca/The newer controversial Grimerica Outlawed Grimerica Show Check out our next trip/conference/meetup - Contact at the Cabin www.contactatthecabin.com Our audio book website: www.adultbrain.ca Darren's book www.acanadianshame.ca Grimerica on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2312992 Join the chat / hangout with a bunch of fellow Grimericans Https://t.me.grimerica https://www.guilded.gg/i/EvxJ44rk Get your Magic Mushrooms delivered from: Champignon Magique Buy DMT Canada   Leave a review on iTunes and/or Stitcher: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/grimerica-outlawed http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grimerica-outlawed Sign up for our newsletter https://grimerica.substack.com/ SPAM Graham = and send him your synchronicities, feedback, strange experiences and psychedelic trip reports!! graham@grimerica.com InstaGRAM https://www.instagram.com/the_grimerica_show_podcast/ Tweet Darren https://twitter.com/Grimerica Can't. Darren is still deleted. Purchase swag, with partial proceeds donated to the show: www.grimerica.ca/swag Send us a postcard or letter http://www.grimerica.ca/contact/ Episode ART - Napolean Duheme's site http://www.lostbreadcomic.com/ MUSIC https://brokeforfree.bandcamp.com/ - Something Galactic Felix's Site sirfelix.bandcamp.com - Space Cadet

Friends! It's another episode of Best Friends. Sasheer discusses how she got rid of some bees. She just talks to them. Nicole talks to the spiders in her house. Sasheer got the crows together as well. Nicole loves the birds and loves the freedom they represent. It's riddle time and Sasheer and Nicole get into solving more riddles. Nicole's on a roll and she's convinced that she is the Riddler. Its swimming season and Sasheer wishes Nicole would invite her for a swim. Plus, Nicole is getting into bowling now. They answer your friendship questions about social media interactions with family members and take a deep dive into the types of humans there are: Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans. We're learning friends! Sources: Riddles: https://www.today.com/life/inspiration/riddles-rcna125339 Granville Restaurant: https://www.granvillerestaurants.com/ Why Red Heads Need more Anesthesia: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-do-redheads-need-more-anesthesia Human Species: Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans: https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ancient-human-species/

On today's podcast, learn about early ancestors of humans called Denisovans; U.S. farmers are growing a tree from India to make protein, biofuel; what is hedging? followed by a discussion about softening factual statements; then, conditional statements on Lesson of the Day.

Seriah is joined by Chris Ernst and Saxon/Super_Inframan to discuss questions sent in by patreons. Topics include the role of geographical place in paranormal phenomena, a subtle/energetic world as a counterpoint to the physical world, the Myrtle Plantation and Chloe- a ghost of a non-existent person, ley lines and hot spots, ritual as an activator of the paranormal, the Islamic hajj to the Kaaba in Mecca, portals, Seriah's and a listener's experiences with deceased loved ones, existence after death, dream encounters, a video game analogy, reincarnation, Meher Baba, Filis Fredrick, immediate experiences after death, the bardo in the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the Seth material, blue light experiences, the Yogic blue pearl, chakras and kundalini, modern-day new age scammers, Chris's crystal healing experiences, Jeff Ritzmann's crystal experiences, the ancient origins of Shamanism, full Indian Yoga tradition vs Americanized commercial yoga, all-time best episodes, Patrick Harper, Jeff Ritzmann, Brothers of the Serpent, Aaron Gulyas, Mike Clelland, Timothy Renner, Josh Cutchin, James Elvidge, “The Universe Solved”, Robert Shoch, Steve Mera, Steph Young, the difficulties of travel, world-wide fascinating sites, the Ellora Caves, the alleged Bosnian pyramid, the “Trap Street” podcast, cave paintings in France, the “dragon man” skull found in China, Andrew Collins, Denisovans and autism, ancient types of humans and interbreeding, Gunung Padang, the band “Fields of the Nephilim”, Jeremy Vaeni, a weird perception of light in a dark room, future experiences, Seriah's UFO encounters, difficulties of recording the paranormal, purposes of mystical experiences, thirty years of “Last Exit for the Lost”, forgotten life experiences, Seriah's autobiography, and much more! This is a truly enjoyable wide-ranging conversation!

Papua New Guineans, have versions of genes that give them a strong immune system and also for survival at high altitudes that they got from Denisovans. Professor Luke O'Neill brought us all the details.

Seriah is joined by Chris Ernst and Saxon/Super_Inframan to discuss questions sent in by patreons. Topics include the role of geographical place in paranormal phenomena, a subtle/energetic world as a counterpoint to the physical world, the Myrtle Plantation and Chloe- a ghost of a non-existent person, ley lines and hot spots, ritual as an activator of the paranormal, the Islamic hajj to the Kaaba in Mecca, portals, Seriah's and a listener's experiences with deceased loved ones, existence after death, dream encounters, a video game analogy, reincarnation, Meher Baba, Filis Fredrick, immediate experiences after death, the bardo in the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the Seth material, blue light experiences, the Yogic blue pearl, chakras and kundalini, modern-day new age scammers, Chris's crystal healing experiences, Jeff Ritzmann's crystal experiences, the ancient origins of Shamanism, full Indian Yoga tradition vs Americanized commercial yoga, all-time best episodes, Patrick Harper, Jeff Ritzmann, Brothers of the Serpent, Aaron Gulyas, Mike Clelland, Timothy Renner, Josh Cutchin, James Elvidge, “The Universe Solved”, Robert Shoch, Steve Mera, Steph Young, the difficulties of travel, world-wide fascinating sites, the Ellora Caves, the alleged Bosnian pyramid, the “Trap Street” podcast, cave paintings in France, the “dragon man” skull found in China, Andrew Collins, Denisovans and autism, ancient types of humans and interbreeding, Gunung Padang, the band “Fields of the Nephilim”, Jeremy Vaeni, a weird perception of light in a dark room, future experiences, Seriah's UFO encounters, difficulties of recording the paranormal, purposes of mystical experiences, thirty years of “Last Exit for the Lost”, forgotten life experiences, Seriah's autobiography, and much more! This is a truly enjoyable wide-ranging conversation! - Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast Outro Music is Sick Fantasy by Vrangvendt Download

The boys drink and review Chocolate Cherry Stout by Firestone Walker Brewing, then discuss an alternative history book about the evolution of humans.  In this view of human evolution, a different group of humans – the Floyds – took over Beringia and then migrated into America. When Columbus came to the Americas, he didn't find Homo Sapiens. He found the Floyds.  The book starts by introducing us to this alternative modern life, where modern man and this other version of man are living side by side. We learn the history – from Beringia until the conflict with Columbus.  First contact took place in Florida, which is why they're called “Floros,” politely, or “Floyds,” derogatively.  The Floros are very compact and strong, and very useful in close-in fighting. They were captured en masse and taken to Europe to serve as infantry in everybody's armies.  They integrated into society to some extent, but remained second-class citizens.  Once warfare modernized, and close-in fighting was not prized to the same extent, the Floros lost some of their utility in the infantry. They still did manual labor, which they were very good at, but they didn't bring particularly good skills.  Modern man (homo sapiens) tried to integrate them into society.  One flaw in the book is an unrealistic expectation that there was no interbreeding – because the Floyds were not very attractive.  The Floridius Rights Movement advocates for the Floros and tries to help them, but the Floros don't want the help.  The book pokes fun at a couple modern themes.  Liberal woke activists who protest on some people's behalf, but those people don't really want it.  A simpler life is a worse life, and more material stuff makes a better life.  After the end of the book review, P&C discuss some of the issues raised by the book, such as why are we the only version of “man” left on the planet? Why did the Neanderthals and Denisovans die out?  P&C go into an extensive discussion of differences between Neanderthals and modern humans, and why we may have replaced them. 

Cliff Barackman and James "Bobo" Fay chat about a variety of subjects in this wide-ranging episode! Topics include: the Bluff Creek 'squatchers from Ep. 250 and Ep. 217, sasquatch hair samples causing rashes, Bobo's need for bibs, a sasquatch-related call to a Sheriff's office, why comedians love Bobo, sasquatch toes, why Bobo eschewed shoes, Dragon Man and Denisovans, and chemtrail legislation!Articles:https://www.chronline.com/stories/man-calls-washington-sheriffs-office-to-inquire-about-legality-of-hunting-bigfoot,337087https://nypost.com/2024/03/16/lifestyle/the-bizarre-30-wellness-tool-thats-surging-in-popularity-and-transforming-peoples-lives/https://www.science.org/content/article/stunning-dragon-man-skull-may-be-elusive-denisovan-or-new-species-humanhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/31/chemtrails-tennessee-bill-conspiracy-theorySign up for our weekly bonus podcast "Beyond Bigfoot & Beyond" and ad-free episodes here: https://www.patreon.com/bigfootandbeyondpodcastGet official "Bigfoot & Beyond with Cliff & Bobo" merchandise here: https://sasquatchprints.com/bigfoot-and-beyond-merch/ 

Zoe Kean, ABC science communicator joined Philip Clark on Nightlife with a look at the latest science news.

In the first half, author and book publisher Brad Olsen shared reports on his recent investigations into ancient mysteries and megaliths. He just returned from a trip to Laos to visit the megalithic site called the Plain of Jars. About 135 jars with lids are at the site, buried in the ground, each about two meters tall, and built from 500 BC to 500 AD. The purpose of the jars isn't entirely clear, he indicated, though it's believed they functioned as funerary objects as cremated and skeletal remains were found in some of them. Olsen talked about the secret war conducted in Laos at the time of the Vietnam War and how the Plain of Jars is still pockmarked with steep craters from the US bombing campaign there.The jars are carved out of stone boulders, he added, so it was somewhat mysterious as to how they were brought to their location since they are so heavy. "There's a legend that they were built by giants and used... as cups," he mused. Olsen delved into his investigation of elongated skulls in South America, which he believes are different enough not to be human. They don't have a central suture, and their cranial capacity and eye sockets are 30% bigger than ours, he marveled. He also talked about his trip to Antarctica and various anomalies and paranormal tales associated with that frigid region.------------Author Andrew Collins has been investigating the origins of human civilization for over three decades. In the latter half, he discussed his ongoing work on the megalithic site of Karahan Tepe, whether the ancients were aware of a galactic mind, as well as developments in quantum entanglement. Ancient people had a keen interest in the stars, and in particular, the center of our Milky Way galaxy. They depicted the galaxy as a world-encircling serpent with its head at the center, he noted, adding that in recent years, it's been discovered that there is a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Some have postulated that this black hole is a kind of intelligent being in its own right, like Rupert Sheldrake's idea of a galactic mind, our own localized form of God.The Gnostics, he pointed out, believed in similar concepts, and may have been descendants of the builders of places like Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe in southeastern Turkey. Collins posited that quantum entanglement, with its idea of particles having an instantaneous link regardless of their location, may be behind communication with higher sources of intelligence. Because such entanglement exists outside of linear time, it could explain how such things as telepathy, mind-over-matter, and precognition are able to work, he said. Collins also touched on his co-discovery of a massive cave complex beneath the Giza plateau, now known as "Collins' Caves," and a forerunner race, the Denisovans, who may have been considered the giants of lore.Both guests will be giving presentations at the Conscious Life Expo in Los Angeles this weekend, along with George Noory who will be hosting a forum called "Creating our Future." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgenoory/message

In the first half, author and book publisher Brad Olsen shared reports on his recent investigations into ancient mysteries and megaliths. He just returned from a trip to Laos to visit the megalithic site called the Plain of Jars. About 135 jars with lids are at the site, buried in the ground, each about two meters tall, and built from 500 BC to 500 AD. The purpose of the jars isn't entirely clear, he indicated, though it's believed they functioned as funerary objects as cremated and skeletal remains were found in some of them. Olsen talked about the secret war conducted in Laos at the time of the Vietnam War and how the Plain of Jars is still pockmarked with steep craters from the US bombing campaign there.The jars are carved out of stone boulders, he added, so it was somewhat mysterious as to how they were brought to their location since they are so heavy. "There's a legend that they were built by giants and used... as cups," he mused. Olsen delved into his investigation of elongated skulls in South America, which he believes are different enough not to be human. They don't have a central suture, and their cranial capacity and eye sockets are 30% bigger than ours, he marveled. He also talked about his trip to Antarctica and various anomalies and paranormal tales associated with that frigid region.------------Author Andrew Collins has been investigating the origins of human civilization for over three decades. In the latter half, he discussed his ongoing work on the megalithic site of Karahan Tepe, whether the ancients were aware of a galactic mind, as well as developments in quantum entanglement. Ancient people had a keen interest in the stars, and in particular, the center of our Milky Way galaxy. They depicted the galaxy as a world-encircling serpent with its head at the center, he noted, adding that in recent years, it's been discovered that there is a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Some have postulated that this black hole is a kind of intelligent being in its own right, like Rupert Sheldrake's idea of a galactic mind, our own localized form of God.The Gnostics, he pointed out, believed in similar concepts, and may have been descendants of the builders of places like Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe in southeastern Turkey. Collins posited that quantum entanglement, with its idea of particles having an instantaneous link regardless of their location, may be behind communication with higher sources of intelligence. Because such entanglement exists outside of linear time, it could explain how such things as telepathy, mind-over-matter, and precognition are able to work, he said. Collins also touched on his co-discovery of a massive cave complex beneath the Giza plateau, now known as "Collins' Caves," and a forerunner race, the Denisovans, who may have been considered the giants of lore.Both guests will be giving presentations at the Conscious Life Expo in Los Angeles this weekend, along with George Noory who will be hosting a forum called "Creating our Future." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgenoory/message

In the first half, author and book publisher Brad Olsen shared reports on his recent investigations into ancient mysteries and megaliths. He just returned from a trip to Laos to visit the megalithic site called the Plain of Jars. About 135 jars with lids are at the site, buried in the ground, each about two meters tall, and built from 500 BC to 500 AD. The purpose of the jars isn't entirely clear, he indicated, though it's believed they functioned as funerary objects as cremated and skeletal remains were found in some of them. Olsen talked about the secret war conducted in Laos at the time of the Vietnam War and how the Plain of Jars is still pockmarked with steep craters from the US bombing campaign there.The jars are carved out of stone boulders, he added, so it was somewhat mysterious as to how they were brought to their location since they are so heavy. "There's a legend that they were built by giants and used... as cups," he mused. Olsen delved into his investigation of elongated skulls in South America, which he believes are different enough not to be human. They don't have a central suture, and their cranial capacity and eye sockets are 30% bigger than ours, he marveled. He also talked about his trip to Antarctica and various anomalies and paranormal tales associated with that frigid region.------------Author Andrew Collins has been investigating the origins of human civilization for over three decades. In the latter half, he discussed his ongoing work on the megalithic site of Karahan Tepe, whether the ancients were aware of a galactic mind, as well as developments in quantum entanglement. Ancient people had a keen interest in the stars, and in particular, the center of our Milky Way galaxy. They depicted the galaxy as a world-encircling serpent with its head at the center, he noted, adding that in recent years, it's been discovered that there is a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Some have postulated that this black hole is a kind of intelligent being in its own right, like Rupert Sheldrake's idea of a galactic mind, our own localized form of God.The Gnostics, he pointed out, believed in similar concepts, and may have been descendants of the builders of places like Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe in southeastern Turkey. Collins posited that quantum entanglement, with its idea of particles having an instantaneous link regardless of their location, may be behind communication with higher sources of intelligence. Because such entanglement exists outside of linear time, it could explain how such things as telepathy, mind-over-matter, and precognition are able to work, he said. Collins also touched on his co-discovery of a massive cave complex beneath the Giza plateau, now known as "Collins' Caves," and a forerunner race, the Denisovans, who may have been considered the giants of lore.Both guests will be giving presentations at the Conscious Life Expo in Los Angeles this weekend, along with George Noory who will be hosting a forum called "Creating our Future." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgenoory/message

In the first half, author and book publisher Brad Olsen shared reports on his recent investigations into ancient mysteries and megaliths. He just returned from a trip to Laos to visit the megalithic site called the Plain of Jars. About 135 jars with lids are at the site, buried in the ground, each about two meters tall, and built from 500 BC to 500 AD. The purpose of the jars isn't entirely clear, he indicated, though it's believed they functioned as funerary objects as cremated and skeletal remains were found in some of them. Olsen talked about the secret war conducted in Laos at the time of the Vietnam War and how the Plain of Jars is still pockmarked with steep craters from the US bombing campaign there.The jars are carved out of stone boulders, he added, so it was somewhat mysterious as to how they were brought to their location since they are so heavy. "There's a legend that they were built by giants and used... as cups," he mused. Olsen delved into his investigation of elongated skulls in South America, which he believes are different enough not to be human. They don't have a central suture, and their cranial capacity and eye sockets are 30% bigger than ours, he marveled. He also talked about his trip to Antarctica and various anomalies and paranormal tales associated with that frigid region.------------Author Andrew Collins has been investigating the origins of human civilization for over three decades. In the latter half, he discussed his ongoing work on the megalithic site of Karahan Tepe, whether the ancients were aware of a galactic mind, as well as developments in quantum entanglement. Ancient people had a keen interest in the stars, and in particular, the center of our Milky Way galaxy. They depicted the galaxy as a world-encircling serpent with its head at the center, he noted, adding that in recent years, it's been discovered that there is a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Some have postulated that this black hole is a kind of intelligent being in its own right, like Rupert Sheldrake's idea of a galactic mind, our own localized form of God.The Gnostics, he pointed out, believed in similar concepts, and may have been descendants of the builders of places like Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe in southeastern Turkey. Collins posited that quantum entanglement, with its idea of particles having an instantaneous link regardless of their location, may be behind communication with higher sources of intelligence. Because such entanglement exists outside of linear time, it could explain how such things as telepathy, mind-over-matter, and precognition are able to work, he said. Collins also touched on his co-discovery of a massive cave complex beneath the Giza plateau, now known as "Collins' Caves," and a forerunner race, the Denisovans, who may have been considered the giants of lore.Both guests will be giving presentations at the Conscious Life Expo in Los Angeles this weekend, along with George Noory who will be hosting a forum called "Creating our Future." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgenoory/message

On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib welcomes back paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer. Affiliated with the Natural History Museum in London, Stringer is the author of African Exodus. The Origins of Modern Humanity, Lone Survivors: How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth and  Homo Britannicus - The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain. A proponent since the 1970's of the recent African origin of modern humans, he has also for decades been at the center of debates around our species' relationship to Neanderthals. In the 1980's, with the rise to prominence of the molecular model of “mtDNA Eve,” Stringer came to the fore as a paleoanthropological voice lending support to the genetic insights that pointed to our African origins. Trained as an anatomist, Stringer asserted that the fossil evidence was in alignment with the mtDNA phylogenies, a contention that has been broadly confirmed over the last five decades.  But in 2010, Stringer and other proponents of an “out of Africa” “with replacement” model of recent human origins began to modify their views in response to the mounting evidence of archaic admixture, the introgression of Neanderthal and Denisovan genes into the modern human genome. On this episode, Razib queries Stringer on the state of human evolution from the fossil's-eye view in 2024. They discuss “Dragon Man,” and whether this is just a fossil of one of the Denisovan populations. Razib also presss Stringer about the diversity of human species in Southeast Asia, and just how many Denisovan populations or “races” might have existed. They also touch on Homo naledi, and the ensuing controversies around naledi-related publications. Razib seeks Stringer's opinion on different models of African origins for our lineage, from extensive archaic admixture to “African multi-regionalism.” On a more speculative note, they mull over the possibilities for complex societies in the Pleistocene in light of the finds at Göbekli Tepe. With Stinger's over five decades in the discipline, very few rival his qualifications or capability to provide a bird's-eye view of where we are in understanding human evolution in 2024.

GDP Script/ Top Stories for Nov 8th Publish Date:  Nov 7th HENSSLER 15 From the Henssler Financial Studio Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. Today is Wednesday, November 8th and Happy heavenly Birthday to writer Margret Mitchell. I'm Bruce Jenkins and here are your top stories presented by Peggy Slappy Properties. Peach Pass is Now Accepted in Six More States Through Agreement with E-ZPass Children's Museum of Atlanta Honors Brenda Reid with Power of Play Award How an extinct human ancestor's gene may affect our mental health Plus, my conversation with Leah McGrath from Ingle Markets on snacking for teens. All of this and more is coming up on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen daily and subscribe! Break 1: PEGGY SLAPPY STORY 1: Peach Pass is Now Accepted in Six More States Through Agreement with E-ZPass Peach Pass users in metro Atlanta can now use it on toll lanes in six more states through an agreement with E-ZPass, expanding the convenience of toll payments. The states included are Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, and Rhode Island, joining Florida and North Carolina, which had pre-existing agreements with Georgia. This interoperability plan aims to make Peach Pass and E-ZPass compatible with each other in several more states by winter 2024. Both Peach Pass and E-ZPass users can enjoy smoother travel in participating states, providing greater convenience and flexibility for toll payments. Georgia also has similar agreements with Florida and North Carolina for different toll payment systems.   STORY 2: Children's Museum of Atlanta Honors Brenda Reid with Power of Play Award The Children's Museum of Atlanta has awarded Brenda Reid the prestigious Power of Play award, recognizing her dedication to fostering opportunities for the next generation through community involvement and service on children's organization boards in Atlanta. Reid is the Community Relations Manager for Publix Super Markets' Atlanta division and an alumna of Clark Atlanta University. The 2024 Imagination Ball, an adults-only charity event aimed at promoting play-based learning for children from all backgrounds, will be held on March 23, 2024. The award celebrates individuals who embody the museum's mission of encouraging children's imagination, exploration, and learning through the transformative power of play.       STORY 3: How an extinct human ancestor's gene may affect our mental health A study reveals that an extinct human ancestor, the Denisovans, might have contributed to certain gene mutations affecting our mental health when they bred with modern humans. The genetic variant linked to zinc regulation, which Denisovans passed on to some of us through interbreeding, makes carriers more susceptible to conditions like anorexia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, and depression. The mutation likely helped ancestral populations of sapiens adapt to cold climates. While the adaptation has a geographical scope encompassing different populations around the world, it is notably less frequent in African populations. Further research, including animal models, may offer insights into this predisposition to mental illnesses.   We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info. We'll be right back Break 2: M.O.G. – TOM WAGES – DTL   STORY 4: Analysis: Sweep or split? Either is likely given Trump, Biden liabilities With a year to go until the 2024 elections, the outcome remains uncertain. Narrow majorities in the House and Senate, coupled with a volatile presidential race, mean that anything from a single-party sweep to a split partisan decision is possible. It could be a strong year for the GOP, with opportunities to take the White House and Senate. However, Democrats also have a chance to win the presidency and the House. The presidential race is likely to center on the economy and other key issues, with each party emphasizing issues that benefit their candidates. Regardless, the top of the ticket will set the tone for down-ballot races, where the correlation between presidential and congressional results is high.   STORY 5: Study reveals mental and physical benefits of playing golf A study has found that playing a round of golf or walking six kilometers can significantly improve immediate cognitive function in people over 65. The research involved 25 healthy older golfers who participated in three different exercises: an 18-hole golf round, a 6km Nordic walking session, and a 6km regular walking session. All three exercises improved lower cognitive functions, and Nordic walking and regular walking also enhanced executive functions. 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Dr Kira Westaway is a geochronologist who places modern and ancient humans in context by dating things found in caves. For Kira, how we understand ourselves now is tied up in the past (R)

-- Finches Diversify in Decades, Opals Form in Months,  Man's Genetic Diversity in 200 Generations, C-14 Everywhere: Real Science Radio hosts Bob Enyart and Fred Williams present their classic program that led to the audience-favorites rsr.org/list-shows! See below and hear on today's radio program our list of Not So Old and Not So Slow Things! From opals forming in months to man's genetic diversity in 200 generations, and with carbon 14 everywhere it's not supposed to be (including in diamonds and dinosaur bones!), scientific observations fill the guys' most traditional list challenging those who claim that the earth is billions of years old. Many of these scientific finds demand a re-evaluation of supposed million and billion-year ages. * Finches Adapt in 17 Years, Not 2.3 Million: Charles Darwin's finches are claimed to have taken 2,300,000 years to diversify from an initial species blown onto the Galapagos Islands. Yet individuals from a single finch species on a U.S. Bird Reservation in the Pacific were introduced to a group of small islands 300 miles away and in at most 17 years, like Darwin's finches, they had diversified their beaks, related muscles, and behavior to fill various ecological niches. Hear about this also at rsr.org/spetner. * Opals Can Form in "A Few Months" And Don't Need 100,000 Years: A leading authority on opals, Allan W. Eckert, observed that, "scientific papers and textbooks have told that the process of opal formation requires tens of thousands of years, perhaps hundreds of thousands... Not true." A 2011 peer-reviewed paper in a geology journal from Australia, where almost all the world's opal is found, reported on the: "new timetable for opal formation involving weeks to a few months and not the hundreds of thousands of years envisaged by the conventional weathering model." (And apparently, per a 2019 report from Entomology Today, opals can even form around insects!) More knowledgeable scientists resist the uncritical, group-think insistence on false super-slow formation rates (as also for manganese nodules, gold veins, stone, petroleum, canyons and gullies, and even guts, all below). Regarding opals, Darwinian bias led geologists to long ignore possible quick action, as from microbes, as a possible explanation for these mineraloids. For both in nature and in the lab, opals form rapidly, not even in 10,000 years, but in weeks. See this also from creationists by a geologist, a paleobiochemist, and a nuclear chemist. * Finches Speciate in Two Generations vs Two Million Years for Darwin's Birds?  Darwin's finches on the Galapagos Islands are said to have diversified into 14 species over a period of two million years. But in 2017 the journal Science reported a newcomer to the Island which within two generations spawned a reproductively isolated new species. In another instance as documented by Lee Spetner, a hundred birds of the same finch species introduced to an island cluster a 1,000 kilometers from Galapagos diversified into species with the typical variations in beak sizes, etc. "If this diversification occurred in less than seventeen years," Dr. Spetner asks, "why did Darwin's Galapagos finches [as claimed by evolutionists] have to take two million years?" * Blue Eyes Originated Not So Long Ago: Not a million years ago, nor a hundred thousand years ago, but based on a peer-reviewed paper in Human Genetics, a press release at Science Daily reports that, "research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye colour of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today." * Adding the Entire Universe to our List of Not So Old Things? Based on March 2019 findings from Hubble, Nobel laureate Adam Riess of the Space Telescope Science Institute and his co-authors in the Astrophysical Journal estimate that the universe is about a billion years younger than previously thought! Then in September 2019 in the journal Science, the age dropped precipitiously to as low as 11.4 billion years! Of course, these measurements also further squeeze the canonical story of the big bang chronology with its many already existing problems including the insufficient time to "evolve" distant mature galaxies, galaxy clusters, superclusters, enormous black holes, filaments, bubbles, walls, and other superstructures. So, even though the latest estimates are still absurdly too old (Google: big bang predictions, and click on the #1 ranked article, or just go on over there to rsr.org/bb), regardless, we thought we'd plop the whole universe down on our List of Not So Old Things!   * After the Soft Tissue Discoveries, NOW Dino DNA: When a North Carolina State University paleontologist took the Tyrannosaurus Rex photos to the right of original biological material, that led to the 2016 discovery of dinosaur DNA, So far researchers have also recovered dinosaur blood vessels, collagen, osteocytes, hemoglobin, red blood cells, and various proteins. As of May 2018, twenty-six scientific journals, including Nature, Science, PNAS, PLoS One, Bone, and Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, have confirmed the discovery of biomaterial fossils from many dinosaurs! Organisms including T. Rex, hadrosaur, titanosaur, triceratops, Lufengosaur, mosasaur, and Archaeopteryx, and many others dated, allegedly, even hundreds of millions of years old, have yielded their endogenous, still-soft biological material. See the web's most complete listing of 100+ journal papers (screenshot, left) announcing these discoveries at bflist.rsr.org and see it in layman's terms at rsr.org/soft. * Rapid Stalactites, Stalagmites, Etc.: A construction worker in 1954 left a lemonade bottle in one of Australia's famous Jenolan Caves. By 2011 it had been naturally transformed into a stalagmite (below, right). Increasing scientific knowledge is arguing for rapid cave formation (see below, Nat'l Park Service shrinks Carlsbad Caverns formation estimates from 260M years, to 10M, to 2M, to it "depends"). Likewise, examples are growing of rapid formations with typical chemical make-up (see bottle, left) of classic stalactites and stalagmites including:- in Nat'l Geo the Carlsbad Caverns stalagmite that rapidly covered a bat - the tunnel stalagmites at Tennessee's Raccoon Mountain - hundreds of stalactites beneath the Lincoln Memorial - those near Gladfelter Hall at Philadelphia's Temple University (send photos to Bob@rsr.org) - hundreds of stalactites at Australia's zinc mine at Mt. Isa.   - and those beneath Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance. * Most Human Mutations Arose in 200 Generations: From Adam until Real Science Radio, in only 200 generations! The journal Nature reports The Recent Origin of Most Human Protein-coding Variants. As summarized by geneticist co-author Joshua Akey, "Most of the mutations that we found arose in the last 200 generations or so" (the same number previously published by biblical creationists). Another 2012 paper, in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Eugenie Scott's own field) on High mitochondrial mutation rates, shows that one mitochondrial DNA mutation occurs every other generation, which, as creationists point out, indicates that mtEve would have lived about 200 generations ago. That's not so old! * National Geographic's Not-So-Old Hard-Rock Canyon at Mount St. Helens: As our List of Not So Old Things (this web page) reveals, by a kneejerk reaction evolutionary scientists assign ages of tens or hundreds of thousands of years (or at least just long enough to contradict Moses' chronology in Genesis.) However, with closer study, routinely, more and more old ages get revised downward to fit the world's growing scientific knowledge. So the trend is not that more information lengthens ages, but rather, as data replaces guesswork, ages tend to shrink until they are consistent with the young-earth biblical timeframe. Consistent with this observation, the May 2000 issue of National Geographic quotes the U.S. Forest Service's scientist at Mount St. Helens, Peter Frenzen, describing the canyon on the north side of the volcano. "You'd expect a hard-rock canyon to be thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years old. But this was cut in less than a decade." And as for the volcano itself, while again, the kneejerk reaction of old-earthers would be to claim that most geologic features are hundreds of thousands or millions of years old, the atheistic National Geographic magazine acknowledges from the evidence that Mount St. Helens, the volcanic mount, is only about 4,000 years old! See below and more at rsr.org/mount-st-helens. * Mount St. Helens Dome Ten Years Old not 1.7 Million: Geochron Laboratories of Cambridge, Mass., using potassium-argon and other radiometric techniques claims the rock sample they dated, from the volcano's dome, solidified somewhere between 340,000 and 2.8 million years ago. However photographic evidence and historical reports document the dome's formation during the 1980s, just ten years prior to the samples being collected. With the age of this rock known, radiometric dating therefore gets the age 99.99999% wrong. * Devils Hole Pupfish Isolated Not for 13,000 Years But for 100: Secular scientists default to knee-jerk, older-than-Bible-age dates. However, a tiny Mojave desert fish is having none of it. Rather than having been genetically isolated from other fish for 13,000 years (which would make this small school of fish older than the Earth itself), according to a paper in the journal Nature, actual measurements of mutation rates indicate that the genetic diversity of these Pupfish could have been generated in about 100 years, give or take a few. * Polystrates like Spines and Rare Schools of Fossilized Jellyfish: Previously, seven sedimentary layers in Wisconsin had been described as taking a million years to form. And because jellyfish have no skeleton, as Charles Darwin pointed out, it is rare to find them among fossils. But now, reported in the journal Geology, a school of jellyfish fossils have been found throughout those same seven layers. So, polystrate fossils that condense the time of strata deposition from eons to hours or months, include: - Jellyfish in central Wisconsin were not deposited and fossilized over a million years but during a single event quick enough to trap a whole school. (This fossil school, therefore, taken as a unit forms a polystrate fossil.) Examples are everywhere that falsify the claims of strata deposition over millions of years. - Countless trilobites buried in astounding three dimensionality around the world are meticulously recovered from limestone, much of which is claimed to have been deposited very slowly. Contrariwise, because these specimens were buried rapidly in quickly laid down sediments, they show no evidence of greater erosion on their upper parts as compared to their lower parts.- The delicacy of radiating spine polystrates, like tadpole and jellyfish fossils, especially clearly demonstrate the rapidity of such strata deposition. - A second school of jellyfish, even though they rarely fossilized, exists in another locale with jellyfish fossils in multiple layers, in Australia's Brockman Iron Formation, constraining there too the rate of strata deposition. By the way, jellyfish are an example of evolution's big squeeze. Like galaxies evolving too quickly, galaxy clusters, and even human feet (which, like Mummy DNA, challenge the Out of Africa paradigm), jellyfish have gotten into the act squeezing evolution's timeline, here by 200 million years when they were found in strata allegedly a half-a-billion years old. Other examples, ironically referred to as Medusoid Problematica, are even found in pre-Cambrian strata. - 171 tadpoles of the same species buried in diatoms. - Leaves buried vertically through single-celled diatoms powerfully refute the claimed super-slow deposition of diatomaceous rock. - Many fossils, including a Mesosaur, have been buried in multiple "varve" layers, which are claimed to be annual depositions, yet they show no erosional patterns that would indicate gradual burial (as they claim, absurdly, over even thousands of years). - A single whale skeleton preserved in California in dozens of layers of diatom deposits thus forming a polystrate fossil. - 40 whales buried in the desert in Chile. "What's really interesting is that this didn't just happen once," said Smithsonian evolutionist Dr. Nick Pyenson. It happened four times." Why's that? Because "the fossil site has at least four layers", to which Real Science Radio's Bob Enyart replies: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha", with RSR co-host Fred Williams thoughtfully adding, "Ha ha!" * Polystrate Trees: Examples abound around the world of polystrate trees:  - Yellowstone's petrified polystrate forest (with the NPS exhibit sign removed; see below) with successive layers of rootless trees demonstrating the rapid deposition of fifty layers of strata. - A similarly formed polystrate fossil forest in France demonstrating the rapid deposition of a dozen strata. - In a thousand locations including famously the Fossil Cliffs of Joggins, Nova Scotia, polystrate fossils such as trees span many strata. - These trees lack erosion: Not only should such fossils, generally speaking, not even exist, but polystrates including trees typically show no evidence of erosion increasing with height. All of this powerfully disproves the claim that the layers were deposited slowly over thousands or millions of years. In the experience of your RSR radio hosts, evolutionists commonly respond to this hard evidence with mocking. See CRSQ June 2006, ICR Impact #316, and RSR 8-11-06 at KGOV.com. * Yellowstone Petrified Trees Sign Removed: The National Park Service removed their incorrect sign (see left and more). The NPS had claimed that in dozens of different strata over a 40-square mile area, many petrified trees were still standing where they had grown. The NPS eventually removed the sign partly because those petrified trees had no root systems, which they would have had if they had grown there. Instead, the trees of this "fossil forest" have roots that are abruptly broken off two or three feet from their trunks. If these mature trees actually had been remnants of sequential forests that had grown up in strata layer on top of strata layer, 27 times on Specimen Ridge (and 50 times at Specimen Creek), such a natural history implies passage of more time than permitted by biblical chronology. So, don't trust the National Park Service on historical science because they're wrong on the age of the Earth. * Wood Petrifies Quickly: Not surprisingly, by the common evolutionary knee-jerk claim of deep time, "several researchers believe that several millions of years are necessary for the complete formation of silicified wood". Our List of Not So Old and Not So Slow Things includes the work of five Japanese scientists who proved creationist research and published their results in the peer-reviewed journal Sedimentary Geology showing that wood can and does petrify rapidly. Modern wood significantly petrified in 36 years these researchers concluded that wood buried in strata could have been petrified in "a fairly short period of time, in the order of several tens to hundreds of years." * The Scablands: The primary surface features of the Scablands, which cover thousands of square miles of eastern Washington, were long believed to have formed gradually. Yet, against the determined claims of uniformitarian geologists, there is now overwhelming evidence as presented even in a NOVA TV program that the primary features of the Scablands formed rapidly from a catastrophic breach of Lake Missoula causing a massive regional flood. Of course evolutionary geologists still argue that the landscape was formed over tens of thousands of years, now by claiming there must have been a hundred Missoula floods. However, the evidence that there was Only One Lake Missoula Flood has been powerfully reinforced by a University of Colorado Ph.D. thesis. So the Scablands itself is no longer available to old-earthers as de facto evidence for the passage of millions of years. * The Heart Mountain Detachment: in Wyoming just east of Yellowstone, this mountain did not break apart slowly by uniformitarian processes but in only about half-an-hour as widely reported including in the evolutionist LiveScience.com, "Land Speed Record: Mountain Moves 62 Miles in 30 Minutes." The evidence indicates that this mountain of rock covering 425 square miles rapidly broke into 50 pieces and slid apart over an area of more than 1,300 square miles in a biblical, not a "geological," timeframe.  * "150 Million" year-old Squid Ink Not Decomposed: This still-writable ink had dehydrated but had not decomposed! The British Geological Survey's Dr. Phil Wilby, who excavated the fossil, said, "It is difficult to imagine how you can have something as soft and sloppy as an ink sac fossilised in three dimensions, still black, and inside a rock that is 150 million years old." And the Daily Mail states that, "the black ink was of exactly the same structure as that of today's version", just desiccated. And Wilby added, "Normally you would find only the hard parts like the shell and bones fossilised but... these creatures... can be dissected as if they are living animals, you can see the muscle fibres and cells. It is difficult to imagine... The structure is similar to ink from a modern squid so we can write with it..." Why is this difficult for evolutionists to imagine? Because as Dr. Carl Wieland writes, "Chemical structures 'fall apart' all by themselves over time due to the randomizing effects of molecular motion."Decades ago Bob Enyart broadcast a geology program about Mount St. Helens' catastrophic destruction of forests and the hydraulic transportation and upright deposition of trees. Later, Bob met the chief ranger from Haleakala National Park on Hawaii's island of Maui, Mark Tanaka-Sanders. The ranger agreed to correspond with his colleague at Yellowstone to urge him to have the sign removed. Thankfully, it was then removed. (See also AIG, CMI, and all the original Yellowstone exhibit photos.) Groundbreaking research conducted by creation geologist Dr. Steve Austin in Spirit Lake after Mount St. Helens eruption provided a modern-day analog to the formation of Yellowstone fossil forest. A steam blast from that volcano blew over tens of thousands of trees leaving them without attached roots. Many thousands of those trees were floating upright in Spirit Lake, and began sinking at varying rates into rapidly and sporadically deposited sediments. Once Yellowstone's successive forest interpretation was falsified (though like with junk DNA, it's too big to fail, so many atheists and others still cling to it), the erroneous sign was removed. * Asiatic vs. European Honeybees: These two populations of bees have been separated supposedly for seven million years. A researcher decided to put the two together to see what would happen. What we should have here is a failure to communicate that would have resulted after their "language" evolved over millions of years. However, European and Asiatic honeybees are still able to communicate, putting into doubt the evolutionary claim that they were separated over "geologic periods." For more, see the Public Library of Science, Asiatic Honeybees Can Understand Dance Language of European Honeybees. (Oh yeah, and why don't fossils of poorly-formed honeycombs exist, from the millions of years before the bees and natural selection finally got the design right? Ha! Because they don't exist! :) Nautiloid proves rapid limestone formation. * Remember the Nautiloids: In the Grand Canyon there is a limestone layer averaging seven feet thick that runs the 277 miles of the canyon (and beyond) that covers hundreds of square miles and contains an average of one nautiloid fossil per square meter. Along with many other dead creatures in this one particular layer, 15% of these nautiloids were killed and then fossilized standing on their heads. Yes, vertically. They were caught in such an intense and rapid catastrophic flow that gravity was not able to cause all of their dead carcasses to fall over on their sides. Famed Mount St. Helens geologist Steve Austin is also the world's leading expert on nautiloid fossils and has worked in the canyon and presented his findings to the park's rangers at the invitation of National Park Service officials. Austin points out, as is true of many of the world's mass fossil graveyards, that this enormous nautiloid deposition provides indisputable proof of the extremely rapid formation of a significant layer of limestone near the bottom of the canyon, a layer like the others we've been told about, that allegedly formed at the bottom of a calm and placid sea with slow and gradual sedimentation. But a million nautiloids, standing on their heads, literally, would beg to differ. At our sister stie, RSR provides the relevant Geologic Society of America abstract, links, and video. *  Now It's Allegedly Two Million Year-Old Leaves: "When we started pulling leaves out of the soil, that was surreal, to know that it's millions of years old..." sur-re-al: adjective: a bizarre mix of fact and fantasy. In this case, the leaves are the facts. Earth scientists from Ohio State and the University of Minnesota say that wood and leaves they found in the Canadian Arctic are at least two million years old, and perhaps more than ten million years old, even though the leaves are just dry and crumbly and the wood still burns! * Gold Precipitates in Veins in Less than a Second: After geologists submitted for decades to the assumption that each layer of gold would deposit at the alleged super slow rates of geologic process, the journal Nature Geoscience reports that each layer of deposition can occur within a few tenths of a second. Meanwhile, at the Lihir gold deposit in Papua New Guinea, evolutionists assumed the more than 20 million ounces of gold in the Lihir reserve took millions of years to deposit, but as reported in the journal Science, geologists can now demonstrate that the deposit could have formed in thousands of years, or far more quickly! Iceland's not-so-old Surtsey Island looks ancient. * Surtsey Island, Iceland: Of the volcanic island that formed in 1963, New Scientist reported in 2007 about Surtsey that "geographers... marvel that canyons, gullies and other land features that typically take tens of thousands or millions of years to form were created in less than a decade." Yes. And Sigurdur Thorarinsson, Iceland's chief  geologist, wrote in the months after Surtsey formed, "that the time scale," he had been trained "to attach to geological developments is misleading." [For what is said to] take thousands of years... the same development may take a few weeks or even days here [including to form] a landscape... so varied and mature that it was almost beyond belief... wide sandy beaches and precipitous crags... gravel banks and lagoons, impressive cliffs… hollows, glens and soft undulating land... fractures and faultscarps, channels and screes… confounded by what met your eye... boulders worn by the surf, some of which were almost round... -Iceland's chief geologist * The Palouse River Gorge: In the southeast of Washington State, the Palouse River Gorge is one of many features formed rapidly by 500 cubic miles of water catastrophically released with the breaching of a natural dam in the Lake Missoula Flood (which gouged out the Scablands as described above). So, hard rock can be breached and eroded rapidly. * Leaf Shapes Identical for 190 Million Years?  From Berkley.edu, "Ginkgo biloba... dates back to... about 190 million years ago... fossilized leaf material from the Tertiary species Ginkgo adiantoides is considered similar or even identical to that produced by modern Ginkgo biloba trees... virtually indistinguishable..." The literature describes leaf shapes as "spectacularly diverse" sometimes within a species but especially across the plant kingdom. Because all kinds of plants survive with all kinds of different leaf shapes, the conservation of a species retaining a single shape over alleged deep time is a telling issue. Darwin's theory is undermined by the unchanging shape over millions of years of a species' leaf shape. This lack of change, stasis in what should be an easily morphable plant trait, supports the broader conclusion that chimp-like creatures did not become human beings and all the other ambitious evolutionary creation of new kinds are simply imagined. (Ginkgo adiantoides and biloba are actually the same species. Wikipedia states, "It is doubtful whether the Northern Hemisphere fossil species of Ginkgo can be reliably distinguished." For oftentimes, as documented by Dr. Carl Werner in his Evolution: The Grand Experiment series, paleontogists falsely speciate identical specimens, giving different species names, even different genus names, to the fossil and living animals that appear identical.) * Box Canyon, Idaho: Geologists now think Box Canyon in Idaho, USA, was carved by a catastrophic flood and not slowly over millions of years with 1) huge plunge pools formed by waterfalls; 2) the almost complete removal of large basalt boulders from the canyon; 3) an eroded notch on the plateau at the top of the canyon; and 4) water scour marks on the basalt plateau leading to the canyon. Scientists calculate that the flood was so large that it could have eroded the whole canyon in as little as 35 days. See the journal Science, Formation of Box Canyon, Idaho, by Megaflood, and the Journal of Creation, and Creation Magazine. * Manganese Nodules Rapid Formation: Allegedly, as claimed at the Wikipedia entry from 2005 through 2021: "Nodule growth is one of the slowest of all geological phenomena – in the order of a centimeter over several million years." Wow, that would be slow! And a Texas A&M Marine Sciences technical slide presentation says, “They grow very slowly (mm/million years) and can be tens of millions of years old", with RWU's oceanography textbook also putting it at "0.001 mm per thousand years." But according to a World Almanac documentary they have formed "around beer cans," said marine geologist Dr. John Yates in the 1997 video Universe Beneath the Sea: The Next Frontier. There are also reports of manganese nodules forming around ships sunk in the First World War. See more at at youngearth.com, at TOL, in the print edition of the Journal of Creation, and in this typical forum discussion with atheists (at the Chicago Cubs forum no less :). * "6,000 year-old" Mitochondrial Eve: As the Bible calls "Eve... the mother of all living" (Gen. 3:20), genetic researchers have named the one woman from whom all humans have descended "Mitochondrial Eve." But in a scientific attempt to date her existence, they openly admit that they included chimpanzee DNA in their analysis in order to get what they viewed as a reasonably old date of 200,000 years ago (which is still surprisingly recent from their perspective, but old enough not to strain Darwinian theory too much). But then as widely reported including by Science magazine, when they dropped the chimp data and used only actual human mutation rates, that process determined that Eve lived only six thousand years ago! In Ann Gibbon's Science article, "Calibrating the Mitochondrial Clock," rather than again using circular reasoning by assuming their conclusion (that humans evolved from ape-like creatures), they performed their calculations using actual measured mutation rates. This peer-reviewed journal then reported that if these rates have been constant, "mitochondrial Eve… would be a mere 6000 years old." See also the journal Nature and creation.com's "A shrinking date for Eve," and Walt Brown's assessment. Expectedly though, evolutionists have found a way to reject their own unbiased finding (the conclusion contrary to their self-interest) by returning to their original method of using circular reasoning, as reported in the American Journal of Human Genetics, "calibrating against recent evidence for the divergence time of humans and chimpanzees,"  to reset their mitochondrial clock back to 200,000 years. * Even Younger Y-Chromosomal Adam: (Although he should be called, "Y-Chromosomal Noah.") While we inherit our mtDNA only from our mothers, only men have a Y chromosome (which incidentally genetically disproves the claim that the fetus is "part of the woman's body," since the little boy's y chromosome could never be part of mom's body). Based on documented mutation rates on and the extraordinary lack of mutational differences in this specifically male DNA, the Y-chromosomal Adam would have lived only a few thousand years ago! (He's significantly younger than mtEve because of the genetic bottleneck of the global flood.) Yet while the Darwinian camp wrongly claimed for decades that humans were 98% genetically similar to chimps, secular scientists today, using the same type of calculation only more accurately, have unintentionally documented that chimps are about as far genetically from what makes a human being a male, as mankind itself is from sponges! Geneticists have found now that sponges are 70% the same as humans genetically, and separately, that human and chimp Y chromosomes are  "horrendously" 30%

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