Re: Yonaguni structures

From: Inger E Johansson (inger_e.johansson_at_notelia.com)
Date: 08/04/04 

Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:37:11 GMT

And I take it that 18th May this year can't be 6 years ago....
http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2004/s1110981.htm

Inger E

"Doug Weller" <dweller@ramtops.demon.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet
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> pjaleysen@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (patrick) wrote in message
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> > Archaeologists may (dis)agree on weather Yonaguni is manmade or not; I
> > think it is worth mentioning that there are respected scientists who
> > believe they are 'manmade', amongst them are Kihachiro Aratake and
> > Prof. Masaaki Kimura, a marine geologist with the University of the
> > Ryukyus in Okinawa.
>
> Schoch says:
> "Over the last few years, Professor Kimura has perhaps softened his
> position
> somewhat regarding how much of the Yonaguni Monument is "man-made" or
> "artificial" and how much is "natural." Most recently Dr. Kimura has
> been
> referring to the Yonaguni Monument and related structures as being
> "terraformed," that is natural geological features that have been
> manipulated or modified by human hands. This is essentially the
> position that I have come to, so perhaps Dr. Kimura and I are
> converging in our opinions of the Yonaguni
> Monument."
>
> But the real mystery to me is why the silence -- I can't find anything
> that is less than about 6 years old.
>
>
> >
> > Also, besides Yonaguni there are other sites that indicate underwater
> > structures (see links mentioned earlier); some that have interested
> > National Geographic in conducting further research (Cuban site).
> >
> > My thoughts at this moment: since humans tend to live near coastal
> > areas, for logistic reasons assumable, it would definitely be
> > valuable to study and research ancient coastlines for possible
> > settlements.
> >
> > Another issue I'd like to forward, which is absolutely speculative I
> > must admit, is that I find it hard to comprehend that human
> > technology (meaning art, architecture, a degree of science etc.) only
> > existed a few thousands years, before which we spent eons just hunting
> > and gathering food basically.
>
> Art is many tens of thousands of years old. But I suggest you read
> Steven Mithen, who speculates that the type of intelligence required
> to create civilization has only existed for a relatively short time.
> (Note the word type, do a search on Mithen and The Prehistory of the
> Mind.)
>
> Doug

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