Re: Yonaguni structures

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

Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:41:23 GMT

May 2004....
"Masaaki Kimura, a Professor of Marine Geology at a university in Okinawa
was reported as saying relics, stone tools, relief carvings of animal
figures, and lithography with carved characters were all collected at the
site. For Kimura, he says this is direct evidence that the site is an
artifact, and not as some scientists claim, a natural formation"
http://www.theforeigner-japan.com/index.htm?http://www.theforeigner-japan.co
m/archives/200405/newsinbrief.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
news:<41101f8e$5_2@127.0.0.1>...
> > 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