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Yonaguni: Enigmatic Underwater Monuments

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Yonaguni Monument

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Robert M. Schoch's first-person geological field commentary arguing that bedding planes, joints, fractures, and erosion can account for the architecture-like geometry while allowing limited possible human use or modification; a named published rebuttal, not a formal excavation report.

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Limited human modification of Yonaguni remains possible but is not demonstrated by a secure archaeological context in the catalog.

Answer / theory: It is possible in principle, but not demonstrated. What supports it: Natural platforms could have been usable by people if exposed. What is weak or disputed: No clear modification marks are accepted. Evidence level: Plausible but Unproven.
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The claim that Yonaguni is an ancient built or substantially modified structure remains unproven.

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The catalog does not establish Yonaguni as a built monument or provide a secure artifact assemblage or excavation context.

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Yonaguni does not provide cataloged archaeological proof of a lost civilization; submergence and architecture-like geometry alone are insufficient.

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