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A recent article entitled, “Geologists solve the mystery of what tectonic plates float on: Scientists use dynamite to shake the truth out of the Earth’s underbelly,” summarizes the findings of recent experiments in New Zealand.

The theory of Plate Tectonics was proposed over one hundred years ago, but it wasn’t until recently that geologists knew what the plates were floating on. From the article, we learn that given a lot of dynamite explosions and data received from 877 sensors, the researchers discovered that there is a 10km layer of jelly-like rock that allow the plates to move.

Is this another nail in the coffin for alleged sunken continents? After all, the scientific community has shown that the lighter continents (lithosphere) ‘float’ on the heavier mantle (asthenosphere) in a process called isostasy, which indicates that continents do not sink.

A cross section illustrating the main types of plate boundaries.
By Jose F. Vigil. USGS ([1]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

On the other hand, is it possible that the ‘sunken’ continents hiding the evidence of ancient advanced civilizations were the result of the rise in sea levels after the last ice-age? Much of the human population lives near the coast today, would it be any different several thousands of years ago?

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In an online article entitled “Oldest Prehistoric Human Fossil Discovered In Serbia Dated Between 397.000 And 525.000 Years Old” from a couple of years ago is another point of reference that slipped through my net of news and fact-gathering.

As I mentioned previously, our understanding keeps changing when it comes to the who, what, where, when, and how questions.

Other evidence has indicated that humans of today have varying amounts of Denisovan, Neanderthal and/or an unknown hominid DNA in us. The examination and study of the jawbone from the Mala Balcanica cave in Serbia has pushed back the date when hominids existed in Europe to well before other dates expressed in previous histories, but that really is not the amazing part.

This study shows that this hominid had a lack of Neanderthal traits and combined with other evidence indicated that evolutionary forces worked on these folks differently than those further west.

The story continues to be written and some day we may know the truth.

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Almost five years ago, when I did my first (and so far only) podcast on “Genetics and the Lost Continent of Mu“, all the evidence indicated an Out-of Africa solution utilizing the latest in DNA evidence as reported in the media.

Forgive my ill-timed pronouncements, had I only waited until the end of the month I could have indicated the discovery of the Denisovans and how that really complicated things.

Then came the stark truth that humans and Neanderthals interbred and we still had them in our genes. The evidence of Neanderthal culture, which seemed to back up what James wrote, was also reported.

Then the ‘mystery ancestor‘ hominid that wasn’t Denisovan or Neanderthal that was found in human DNA.

To get to the point:
I watched a short video that used DNA evidence showing Swedes as being the original Europeans and dismissing the Out-Of-Africa theory. Their DNA evidence was from an unidentified 37,000 year old skull and used pictures to ‘prove’ their point of the difference between humans from the different locations.

A recent article discussed the discovery of a skull cap indicating Neanderthals lived side-by-side with humans and how they reached Israel on their ‘Out-Of-Africa trek 55,000 years ago.

Another recent article reported on evidence of a new species found in the sea off of Taiwan that resembles finds from a 400,000 year old discovery in southern China.

Another older article identified 400,000 year-old hominids discovered in Northern Spain that shared a common ancestor with the Denisovans.

Who really knows what the answer is or can guess what direction it will head next?
I don’t think any shift in our understanding of our human origins is cause for a shift in civilized human interaction.

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