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Three sites that rewrite everything we thought we knew about pre-history.

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Mark, Pam, and Jess with special guest Enzo!https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/on-the-fringe--5108874/supporthttp://whatiftomorrowmedia.comE-mail: [email protected] Bordertown Paranormal website: https://bordertownparanormal.com/SEK Bordertown Paranormal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BordertownParanormalYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCy7z_FJDCQe-3aggqN4sXwWhat If Tomorrow Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/319093512581881What If Tomorrow Media Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/What-If-Tomorrow-Media-105448004842730Locals: https://www.locals.com/member/What_If_TomorrowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatiftomorrowmedia/https://x.com/WITOnTheFringeEMP Shield: https://EMPshield.com/whatifMy Patriot Supply: https://mypatriotsupply.com/?rfsn=5155718.b8ac05Duke Cannon: https://dukecannon.com/?rfsn=5441344.1e5827&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5441344.1e5827References & Sources Early Human Behavior & Archaeological Sites Wonderwerk CaveBerna, F. et al. (2012). Microstratigraphic evidence of in situ fire in the Acheulean strata of Wonderwerk Cave. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1117620109Chazan, M. et al. (2008). Radiometric dating of the Earlier Stone Age sequence at Wonderwerk Cave. Journal of Human Evolution.Matmon, A. et al. (2012). Age estimates for the earliest occupation of Wonderwerk Cave. Quaternary Science Reviews.Blombos CaveHenshilwood, C. et al. (2002). Emergence of modern human behavior: Middle Stone Age engravings from South Africa. Science.Henshilwood, C. et al. (2011). A 100,000-year-old ochre-processing workshop at Blombos Cave. Science.d’Errico, F. et al. (2005). Shell beads from Blombos Cave and the origins of symbolic behavior. Journal of Human Evolution.Kalambo FallsBarham, L. et al. (2023). Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at Kalambo Falls. Nature.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06557-9Clark, J.D. (2001). Kalambo Falls Prehistoric Site. Cambridge University Press.Climate Events & Younger Dryas DebateFirestone, R. et al. (2007). Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions. PNAS.Kennett, J. et al. (2015). Updated evidence for a Younger Dryas cosmic impact. Journal of Geology.Meltzer, D. et al. (2014). Chronological evidence fails to support Younger Dryas impact hypothesis. PNAS.Alley, R. (2000). The Younger Dryas cold interval as viewed from central Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews.Carlson, A. (2013). The Younger Dryas climate event. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences.Submerged Prehistoric LandscapesBenjamin, J. et al. (2011). Submerged prehistoric landscapes and underwater archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science.Flemming, N. et al. (2017). Submerged Landscapes of the European Continental Shelf. Wiley.Bailey, G. & Flemming, N. (2008). Archaeology of the continental shelf: marine resources and submerged landscapes. Quaternary Science Reviews.Plato & Atlantis Sources

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