The period before the last glacial maximum, when sea levels were significantly different from today and early humans were spreading across continents. Some
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The period before the last glacial maximum, when sea levels were significantly different from today and early humans were spreading across continents. Some alternative researchers propose that advanced civilizations may have existed during warmer interglacial periods, leaving traces now buried under ice sheets or submerged beneath 120 meters of post-glacial sea-level rise. While mainstream...
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