News, Was Israel the birthplace of modern man?

[DrummerBoy]

But ya gotta remember that Israel and the rest of the Middle East is, for all intents and purposes in a pan-geographical sense, merely Northern Africa. And alot of people forget that Egypt is in northern Africa.

[iPwn]

Originally Posted by Chango

I wouldn't be suprised to find out there were coastal civilizations in existence during or even before the last ice age. Any evidence is now gone, washed away by higher coastlines. Likewise, it isn't impossible that modern man arose 400,000 years ago, but I wanna see real evidence too.

yes. maybe even a technological/electronic civilization? even OUR civilization is like 60% coastal. rising sea levels would hide the fact cities like New York ever existed.

[iPwn]

Originally Posted by DrummerBoy

But ya gotta remember that Israel and the rest of the Middle East is, for all intents and purposes in a pan-geographical sense, merely Northern Africa. And alot of people forget that Egypt is in northern Africa.

Or, Northern Africa is really far-western Asia....

[ABQConvict]

Originally Posted by Chango

I wouldn't be suprised to find out there were coastal civilizations in existence during or even before the last ice age. Any evidence is now gone, washed away by higher coastlines. Likewise, it isn't impossible that modern man arose 400,000 years ago, but I wanna see real evidence too.

That's the whole premise of Hyperboria.

[Manolón]

Yes, Hyperboria, Von Daniken, the Thule Society.
Good stuff for Hollywood.