>> To those that are interested, basically Hancock visits sites around the world that seem to show that humans had the technology to build megaliths much earlie

>> To those that are interested, basically Hancock visits sites around the world that seem to show that humans had the technology to build megaliths much earlier than previously thought. Currently accepted archeology believes that human civilizations start around 6000 years ago, but some structures like Gobeki Tepe suggest that this actually happened much, much earlier, closer to 12,000 years ago. I'm confused here. The significance of Goblekli Tepe is as a ritual center that may not have been produced by a sedentary agricultural community. It is clearly a neolithic structure of the period. In fact, the controversy has less to do with the megalithic structures than the research that suggests it may not have had a settled population. None of that has anything to do with what Hancock suggests. No archeologist involved in the site agrees with Hancock. I can say that with 100% confidence. Nor does the age of the site disprove anything about 'mainstream archeology.' The site is clearly neolithic. The suggestion that archeologists believe that megalithic structures are impossible before 4,000 bc is simply wrong.