Easter Island Moai age in light of Karahan Tepe

a reply to: nugget1

originally posted by: nugget1
Very interesting article! One part really caught my attention: "Another unnerving oddity is the curious number of carvings which show people with six fingers. Is this symbolic, or an actual deformity? "

Being polydactyl really isn't that much of an 'oddity'. An estimated one in every 1,000 children are born with it in the general population, while one in every 150 black babies are born polydactyl. There are six genes known to affect it, but also mothers' health can play a roll, absent of any genetic mutation.
For example, diabetes is known to be a risk factor, as well as having an upper respiratory tract infection in the first three months of pregnancy.

These ancient sites, coupled with genetic ancestry studies leads me to believe there's far more to the history of man than what little we 'think' we know. I think we're just beginning to scratch the surface

originally posted by: PiratesCut
Different species of humans.

Maybe our descendants were the orcs. Primitive highlanders, an alien enemy didn't view as being enough of a threat to worry about.

The advanced humans had already started leaving earth in space ships, and couldn't be troubled to domesticate the rest of the planet.

Then they got in a fight with someone they shouldn't have, and that was that.

The Younger Dryas event itself kind of backs this up. Cold snaps like that are not part of the Milankovich cycles. Most likely cause is either

A: Bad luck getting hit by an asteroid.
or
B: Something intentional by ET.

Hey BM

Could you briefly describe or link to where you explain your view of the YD and why you think it is important (well it was) but how do you view it?