Graham Hancock

Certainly they were human, the same species as us, because they could interbreed with us. You can't breed with another species. And that takes the journey back even further. And that's one of the reasons why I have a problem with the notion that civilization just emerges 6,000 years ago. Because we had the same kit, the same wiring, the same brains for at least 300,000 years.

And we weren't doing any of this stuff, apparently. I suspect we were, but it's not made the record.

And we weren't doing any of this stuff, apparently. I suspect we were, but it's not made the record.

And we weren't doing any of this stuff, apparently. I suspect we were, but it's not made the record.

It was bountiful.

It was bountiful.

It was bountiful.

It certainly did. The bounty, however, goes back much further. This is one of the reasons why I kept on trying to talk about the Sahara during the debate. This vast area, which frankly has not been studied properly by archaeology at all, hardly a fraction of it has been studied, this vast area I'm often accused of creating what they call a God of the gaps argument.

It certainly did. The bounty, however, goes back much further. This is one of the reasons why I kept on trying to talk about the Sahara during the debate. This vast area, which frankly has not been studied properly by archaeology at all, hardly a fraction of it has been studied, this vast area I'm often accused of creating what they call a God of the gaps argument.

It certainly did. The bounty, however, goes back much further. This is one of the reasons why I kept on trying to talk about the Sahara during the debate. This vast area, which frankly has not been studied properly by archaeology at all, hardly a fraction of it has been studied, this vast area I'm often accused of creating what they call a God of the gaps argument.

I'm saying you haven't looked enough in the Sahara. You haven't looked enough in the submerged continental shelves. You haven't looked enough in the Amazon rainforest. And the argument is that I'm trying to put my lost civilization into these gaps. But these are very special gaps. The submerged continental shelves were... Prime real estate during the Ice Age.

I'm saying you haven't looked enough in the Sahara. You haven't looked enough in the submerged continental shelves. You haven't looked enough in the Amazon rainforest. And the argument is that I'm trying to put my lost civilization into these gaps. But these are very special gaps. The submerged continental shelves were... Prime real estate during the Ice Age.

I'm saying you haven't looked enough in the Sahara. You haven't looked enough in the submerged continental shelves. You haven't looked enough in the Amazon rainforest. And the argument is that I'm trying to put my lost civilization into these gaps. But these are very special gaps. The submerged continental shelves were... Prime real estate during the Ice Age.

That was the place to be just as it is today, to be near coastlines. The Amazon rainforest was a bountiful place and the Sahara Desert was green and rich for thousands of years during the Ice Age with lakes, with rivers. It was the kind of place where a civilization might well have emerged.

That was the place to be just as it is today, to be near coastlines. The Amazon rainforest was a bountiful place and the Sahara Desert was green and rich for thousands of years during the Ice Age with lakes, with rivers. It was the kind of place where a civilization might well have emerged.

That was the place to be just as it is today, to be near coastlines. The Amazon rainforest was a bountiful place and the Sahara Desert was green and rich for thousands of years during the Ice Age with lakes, with rivers. It was the kind of place where a civilization might well have emerged.

No, it hasn't. It's too vast. It's too vast, and it's too expensive to excavate.

No, it hasn't. It's too vast. It's too vast, and it's too expensive to excavate.

No, it hasn't. It's too vast. It's too vast, and it's too expensive to excavate.

Nobody knows because it's not been investigated properly. It's a desert and it's had relatively little attention. We do know there's some amazing rock art from the upper Paleolithic in the Tassili in Algeria, in the Sahara. But not enough has been done.