Graham Hancock?

Thanks MaryJo for asking for clarification. I posted the video for two reasons: 1) That open minded scientists or even pseudo-science investigators are seeing obvious evidence of human occupation of North America way before the "accepted" dates, opening the door for speculation and for some acceptance of the historical narrative of the UB. For example wikipedia states that the earliest human occupation was around 10-14 thousand years ago ---

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlemen ... e_Americas

But the UB states that:

64:6.5 (723.4) About eighty-five thousand years ago the comparatively pure remnants of the red race went en masse across to North America, and shortly thereafter the Bering land isthmus sank, thus isolating them. No red man ever returned to Asia. But throughout Siberia, China, central Asia, India, and Europe they left behind much of their stock blended with the other colored races.

64:6.6 (723.5) When the red man crossed over into America, he brought along much of the teachings and traditions of his early origin. His immediate ancestors had been in touch with the later activities of the world headquarters of the Planetary Prince. But in a short time after reaching the Americas, the red men began to lose sight of these teachings, and there occurred a great decline in intellectual and spiritual culture. Very soon these people again fell to fighting so fiercely among themselves that it appeared that these tribal wars would result in the speedy extinction of this remnant of the comparatively pure red race.

64:6.7 (723.6) Because of this great retrogression the red men seemed doomed when, about sixty-five thousand years ago, Onamonalonton appeared as their leader and spiritual deliverer. He brought temporary peace among the American red men and revived their worship of the “Great Spirit.” Onamonalonton lived to be ninety-six years of age and maintained his headquarters among the great redwood trees of California. Many of his later descendants have come down to modern times among the Blackfoot Indians.

2) I was also curious about this guy Graham Hancock, and if anyone here on the forum had heard of him. There are so many wannabe "authorities" out there, and many of them just seem to be promoting themselves and selling books, but every now and then someone comes along calling attention to discrepancies in the accepted general knowledge base.

Even now, in the very back yard of my stomping grounds in Idaho they have discovered solid evidence of older human occupation --- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/cult ... as-oldest/
and to me this may encourage others to dig even further and farther back in time, and in their search for information may stumble across the UB narrative.

The same thing is happening in the fields of cosmology and astrophysics, confirming the old adage that "the more we learn the more we realize how much we don't know" and yet the Papers offer a clear and concise historical record of our planet. Although the UB states that cosmology is not inspired, from what I can gather the Urantia historical record is solid:

101:4.2 (1109.3) Mankind should understand that we who participate in the revelation of truth are very rigorously limited by the instructions of our superiors. We are not at liberty to anticipate the scientific discoveries of a thousand years. Revelators must act in accordance with the instructions which form a part of the revelation mandate. We see no way of overcoming this difficulty, either now or at any future time. We full well know that, while the historic facts and religious truths of this series of revelatory presentations will stand on the records of the ages to come, within a few short years many of our statements regarding the physical sciences will stand in need of revision in consequence of additional scientific developments and new discoveries. These new developments we even now foresee, but we are forbidden to include such humanly undiscovered facts in the revelatory records. Let it be made clear that revelations are not necessarily inspired. The cosmology of these revelations is not inspired. It is limited by our permission for the co-ordination and sorting of present-day knowledge. While divine or spiritual insight is a gift, human wisdom must evolve.

I hope this helps, thanks again for asking for clarification.

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