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Cremo and Thompson (1993), Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race

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Forbidden Archaeology

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Primary source for the modern extreme-human-antiquity and suppression claim

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Cremo and Thompson’s 1993 book claims that anatomically modern humans existed millions of years earlier than accepted chronology and that scientific institutions filtered contrary evidence.

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The 1993 book exists and compiles a large historical anomaly literature within a Vedic-creationist interpretive framework.

The 1993 book exists, cites a large historical anomaly literature, and became an influential source for alternative archaeology and suppressed-history media.

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Controlled evidence does not equate very old toolmaking with anatomically modern humans: Jebel Irhoud is dated to about 315,000 years, while the 3.3-million-year-old Lomekwi tools have no identified Homo sapiens maker.

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The cited scientific record does not establish anatomically modern humans millions of years before the accepted Homo sapiens record.

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Forbidden Archaeology

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Forbidden Archaeology

Cremo and Thompson’s 1993 book claims that anatomically modern humans existed millions of years earlier than accepted chronology and that scientific institutions filtered contrary evidence.

The 1993 book exists and compiles a large historical anomaly literature within a Vedic-creationist interpretive framework.

Controlled evidence does not equate very old toolmaking with anatomically modern humans: Jebel Irhoud is dated to about 315,000 years, while the 3.3-million-year-old Lomekwi tools have no identified Homo sapiens maker.

The cited scientific record does not establish anatomically modern humans millions of years before the accepted Homo sapiens record.

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