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>> I mean, the evidence has only been moving toward Hancock’s theories over the last 30 years, not away from it.

I'm sorry. What? More raw research has been conducted in the last 30 years than in the entire history of archeology up to that point. Absolutely none of it provides even the slimmest speck of confirmation for this guy's nonsense.

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He predicted that monumental construction dating to the end of the younger Dryas would be found. It was.

He predicted that a comet strike at the onset of the Younger Dryas would be demonstrated. It was. 30+ genera suddenly vanished from North America, along with any hint of Clovis toolmaking.

He does better than anybody with his qualifications has any right to. His wacky speculations trace back to unaccounted evidence.

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