Randall Carlson

This is honing in on that shift out of the Ice Age. Two extreme global warming events at the end of the Great Ice Age. And notice if you go down just below 15 and you see it's squiggling left and right.

If you were to draw a line from there, you'll see where the trend is towards the warming as you're coming out of the ice, coming out of the Younger Dryas at 11,600, you'll see that it's cool and then it's warming. And when you get to 10,000 years ago, it's pretty much Holocene warmth.

If you were to draw a line from there, you'll see where the trend is towards the warming as you're coming out of the ice, coming out of the Younger Dryas at 11,600, you'll see that it's cool and then it's warming. And when you get to 10,000 years ago, it's pretty much Holocene warmth.

If you were to draw a line from there, you'll see where the trend is towards the warming as you're coming out of the ice, coming out of the Younger Dryas at 11,600, you'll see that it's cool and then it's warming. And when you get to 10,000 years ago, it's pretty much Holocene warmth.

But if you draw a line along that trend, you can almost see that the warming would have started back at 15,000 years ago. And then something interrupted it. Something interrupted it. And this was the, whatever occurred then. And it's within those two warming spikes that the mass extinction took place. Yeah.

But if you draw a line along that trend, you can almost see that the warming would have started back at 15,000 years ago. And then something interrupted it. Something interrupted it. And this was the, whatever occurred then. And it's within those two warming spikes that the mass extinction took place. Yeah.

But if you draw a line along that trend, you can almost see that the warming would have started back at 15,000 years ago. And then something interrupted it. Something interrupted it. And this was the, whatever occurred then. And it's within those two warming spikes that the mass extinction took place. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Something happened. We came out of the ice age. And of course, here's the other thing, you know, we talk about mass extinction of mega fauna. I think there's evidence now emerging that the human species underwent a pretty severe bottleneck. And it took three to 5,000 years for a population to recover, to rebound from this.

Yeah. Yeah. Something happened. We came out of the ice age. And of course, here's the other thing, you know, we talk about mass extinction of mega fauna. I think there's evidence now emerging that the human species underwent a pretty severe bottleneck. And it took three to 5,000 years for a population to recover, to rebound from this.

Yeah. Yeah. Something happened. We came out of the ice age. And of course, here's the other thing, you know, we talk about mass extinction of mega fauna. I think there's evidence now emerging that the human species underwent a pretty severe bottleneck. And it took three to 5,000 years for a population to recover, to rebound from this.

And I think that that can explain why we begin to see, you know, I mean, then say eight to 10,000 years ago, we see the shift from foraging, nomadic hunter gathering to a more sedentary agricultural lifestyle. right around there where it finally stabilizes, more or less. We see the domestication of animals. We see the dispersion of languages.

And I think that that can explain why we begin to see, you know, I mean, then say eight to 10,000 years ago, we see the shift from foraging, nomadic hunter gathering to a more sedentary agricultural lifestyle. right around there where it finally stabilizes, more or less. We see the domestication of animals. We see the dispersion of languages.

And I think that that can explain why we begin to see, you know, I mean, then say eight to 10,000 years ago, we see the shift from foraging, nomadic hunter gathering to a more sedentary agricultural lifestyle. right around there where it finally stabilizes, more or less. We see the domestication of animals. We see the dispersion of languages.

Between 8,000 and 9,000 years ago, we see some of the first urban complexes showing up. Interestingly, what this tells me is that it took 3,000 to 4,000 to 5,000 years for the... human population to recover enough that we could actually, for example, there was just not enough people to build cities with some important exceptions. Gobekli Tepe is one, which of course you know about. Oh yeah.

Between 8,000 and 9,000 years ago, we see some of the first urban complexes showing up. Interestingly, what this tells me is that it took 3,000 to 4,000 to 5,000 years for the... human population to recover enough that we could actually, for example, there was just not enough people to build cities with some important exceptions. Gobekli Tepe is one, which of course you know about. Oh yeah.

Between 8,000 and 9,000 years ago, we see some of the first urban complexes showing up. Interestingly, what this tells me is that it took 3,000 to 4,000 to 5,000 years for the... human population to recover enough that we could actually, for example, there was just not enough people to build cities with some important exceptions. Gobekli Tepe is one, which of course you know about. Oh yeah.

Right, yeah. You know, Robert Shock's work on the Sphinx, which I think the Sphinx has to get pushed back. That's a whole other interesting conversation we could have.

Right, yeah. You know, Robert Shock's work on the Sphinx, which I think the Sphinx has to get pushed back. That's a whole other interesting conversation we could have.

Right, yeah. You know, Robert Shock's work on the Sphinx, which I think the Sphinx has to get pushed back. That's a whole other interesting conversation we could have.

Oh, I think it gets pushed back well into the prehistory. I think it preceded what you're seeing here. Yeah. And in fact, if you're going to make the argument of where's the evidence for prehistoric, prehistory, I would say it's monumental stone work.