The case for the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis just got stronger: Armageddon at 10,000 BCE
Fragments of a comet likely hit Earth 12,800 years ago, and a little Paleolithic village in Syria might have suffered the impact.
Abu Hureyra is an important archaeological site in Syria, known for artifacts documenting early adoption of agriculture in the region. It may also be recognized as the only known human settlement to have been hit by a fragment of a comet.
The site, now under the waters of Lake Assad, was quickly excavated between 1972 and 1973 before construction of the Tabqa Dam flooded the area. During the excavation, archaeologists realized that there were really two sites, one on top of the other. The first was a Paleolithic settlement of hunter-gatherers, and the second was a farming town, with new buildings of a different style.
A new analysis of samples of soil and artifacts salvaged from the original excavation has revealed a surprising finding: The Paleolithic village at Abu Hureyra was indirectly hit and destroyed by fragments of a comet that slammed into Earth about 12,800 years ago.
If you don’t know about the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, start here.
Plus, this hour long podcast with Randall Carlson and Cosmic Tusk author George Howard, on the years long battle to have this hypothesis recognized by establishment science, and the role climate change politics may have played in that. That ought to keep you entertained for a while.
Related: A former skeptic changes his mind.
Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis: just another theory that tries to absolve paleo Indians of responsibility for the extinction of mega fauna.
If a comet hit a primitive Syrian village, could that result in injuries? /s
Yes, but only to the mega fauna that had collected there. 🙂
It would definitely make the rubble bounce.
Proponents of the YDIH couldn’t care less about the Paleo Indians. Do you really think that’s what this is about?
Hmm I always though that some animals could adjust (increase) their litter size when available Food was plentiful & reduce litter size when resources were less plentiful….seemed reasonable, but COULD be wrong
Doesn’t work that way in Africa or India.
This evidence of a major asteroid strike at the start of the Younger Dryas will contaminate the climate argument in a negative way for the climate crisis skeptics. These skeptics have argued that there are forces in climate that can instigate rapid reversals in climate, other than vulcanism (aerosols), orbital forcing and greenhouse gases. The latter 3 forcings are the only significant climate control knobs in the minds of the climate crisis proponents. Now if the skeptics point the YD historical event as evidence that there must be significant forcings other than vulcanism, orbital and GHG forcing in the paleoclimate record, the crisis proponents will have a handy put down: “yes but that was a asteroid hit, which we can’t model”
“This evidence of a major asteroid strike at the start of the Younger Dryas will contaminate the climate argument in a negative way for the climate crisis skeptics.”
Gosh, talk about a dilemma for the truly woke, then. On the one hand, they need it to absolve the ancestors of our Indians for the extinction of mega-fauna, but on the other hand, acceptance shakes their treasured apocalyptic climate change narrative.
Whatever is a thoroughly-green-and-sensitive type supposed to do?
CO2 forcing is inconsequential in comparison to other factors. Only the climate models show any change, and then not catastrophic. And you still believe in models even after the fiasco of the very much simpler epdimological models.
With our average age being around 82, should I be concerned?
Interesting. I still think animal husbandry came first. Non-nomdic communities only came with agricutlture. My 2c.
thanks Kate for the recent posts on this topic. It is both very interesting and a welcome distraction from Covid-19 news. I also enjoy the discussion of the end of the theory that the Clovis people first our first peoples. Given that even in Southern Alberta, there have been archeological finds of pre-clovis people who hunted camels, this has been a long time coming.
Oh, and if someone tells you they think that the Clovis people hunted mega fauna (including the short-nosed bear) to extinction around the world, tell them to give their head a shake.
sodom and gamorrah just explained? In real context, just like the flood story, pirated from other peoples historical accounts?
Anything that helps confirm what Randall has postulated and to me, shown to be much more believable than any other theory, is welcome news.
ICE core micro bubbles don’t lie.
The Arrogance of entrenched scientific views borders on religioisty – now where else does that apply i wonder..??
Quack science sources. What is the purpose of this post? Are you trying to pass gossip for facts, or is there a deeper meaning that I am missing?
“…or is there a deeper meaning that I am missing?”
Yes.
“quack science sources”, like the University of California and Nature magazine. Its okay if you’re not interested in this but you sound wack for saying that.
The linked article comes from the conspiracy theorists at YONews.org – this is a quack science source.
Their source is Javier Barbuzano – self described as a “science communicator” with a degree in journalism.
He quotes Comet Research Group, a non-profit Arizona corporation with tax-deductible IRS 501(c)3 tax status – a group of quack scientists.
What on Earth are you talking about?
Recently read “The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes” by Richard Firestone, Allen West and Simon Warwick, the three who really got this ball rolling. Must read stuff.
Also, “The Hidden Lands” by Freddy Silva for an in depth look at legends and mythologies from around the world regarding a catastrophic event during the Younger Dryas, as well as a tour of monolithic construction sites around the globe, many I never heard of before. Fascinating read!
And of course, “America Before” by Graham Hancock, one of my favorite authors on stuff modern science prefers to sweep under the nearest rug.
Also recommend “Hidden History of the Human Race” by Michael Cremo, a shortened version of “Forbidden Archeology”. Not related to this Younger Dryas topic, but seriously illuminating insight into a wealth of material evidence modern science has gone out of its way to bury.
Science, IMHO, has been carefully crafted over the last 100 years to be the new religion. This climate change crap is merely one facet of its overriding narrative.
After trying to listen to this for about a nano second, I have only one thing to say….Duh!
Nothing these guys said regarding their hypothesis seems far fetched or crazy, interesting actually. It seems strange that they would be up against opposition beyond normal critical review but perhaps with the climate hysteria granting complex, anything straying from the approved narrative must be shunned or covered up for the greater good of the climate science rent seekers union.
“Worlds in Collision” – Immanuel Velikovsky
“…he looked for concordances in the myths and written histories of unconnected cultures across the world, following a literal reading of their accounts of the exploits of planetary deities.”
If there was a comet that impacted at this time – – – was Velikovsky so far off?
I read both “Worlds in Collision” and “Worlds in Upheaval” many years ago. Velikovsky back then didn’t have the advantages since afforded by technologies applied to archeology, geology, and paleoanthropology, such as dating techniques, satellite imaging, etc.
His books were ground breaking; nevertheless he was ruthlessly trashed by the scientific community for his research and theories.