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From the intro, explaining various puzzles that have come to light about Mars:

"It is the aim of this article to explain these salient puzzles with a new hypothesis: that Mars was the site of massive thermonuclear explosions, of unknown cause, in the recent geologic past. "

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The plot of my next novel: Mars had a thriving population, with two powerful factions. They eventually annialated each other with two massive H-Bombs. Two small resourceful groups, called the Neanders and the Umanoids escaped by rocket ships just before Mutual Destruction, settling on a strange blue planet. By design, all knowledge about the world that was believed to have led to this catastrophe was destroyed, replaced by the elders of the two groups by silly stories about the creation of the world, and how future beings should behave.

Quick, before Graham Hancock beats you to it.

Sounds a bit like Raised by Wolves

Rings of the Master-like but we never discovered the Rings to free ourselves from Master System.

https://www.librarything.com/nseries/9494/Rings-of-the-Maste...

You might like “Inherit the stars” by James P Hogan.

I know I did!

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