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#449 – Graham Hancock: Lost Civilization of the Ice Age & Ancient Human History

2024/10/16
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Graham Hancock discusses the idea of an advanced Ice Age civilization that predated the six cradles of civilization. He describes the foundational sense of puzzlement and incompleteness in the story of our past, questioning why it took so long for civilization to emerge despite anatomically modern humans being around for over 300,000 years.
  • Anatomically modern humans have been around for over 300,000 years.
  • Civilization emerged relatively suddenly around 6,000 years ago.
  • There are similarities in ideas and spiritual concepts found worldwide, suggesting a common source.

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Graham Hancock a journalist and author who for over 30 years has explored the controversial possibility that there existed a lost civilization during the last Ice Age, and that it was destroyed in a global cataclysm some 12,000 years ago. He is the presenter of the Netflix documentary series “Ancient Apocalypse”, the 2nd season of which has just been released. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep449-sc) See below for timestamps, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.

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OUTLINE: (00:00) – Introduction (09:58) – Lost Ice Age civilization (17:03) – Göbekli Tepe (29:07) – Early humans (34:07) – Astronomical symbolism (45:36) – Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (1:03:55) – The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx of Giza (1:24:29) – Sahara Desert and the Amazon rainforest (1:33:49) – Response to critics (1:57:56) – Panspermia (2:05:22) – Shamanism (2:29:22) – How the Great Pyramid was built (2:36:41) – Mortality

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