What If We’re Just the Latest Civilization?

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What if human civilization flourished over 100,000 years ago, but all trace is now gone..? Help support me and get Bonus Content on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/MichaelButton When you look at how fast materials decay, how biased the archaeological record really is, and what few remains we DO have - It becomes clear - prehistoric culture MAY have been everywhere, but almost all trace would have disappeared. Join me for a chat in my Discord server! 👉 https://discord.gg/ddQSSw2JQA Egypt, Mesopotamia, South America, central America and China - all developed civilisation at roughly the same time, after we apparently failed to do so for over 300,000 years Thats bizarre. It’s as if humanity was on pause, for almost our entire existence — and then, everywhere all at once, suddenly hit fast-forward. So it raises the question: were these really the first civilizations? Or are they just the most recent ones, the ones that we can still see? Is it possible there were earlier experiments, even successful attempts, that rose, fell, and were wiped clean… hiding them, so that we never even knew they existed? For weekly ramblings, join my FREE email list below 👇 https://michael-button.kit.com/signup Let me know what you think in the comments, and thank you for watching!! Follow me on X: https://twitter.com/MichaelButtonX Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelbuttonx/ Check out my awesome video editor Charlie: https://ytjobs.co/talent/profile/265482 Big thank you to our Top Tier Supporters! - Matthew - JRayZimmer Sources https://x.com/EcoSenseNow/status/1162039469781835776 Morocco remains https://www.nature.com/articles/nature22336 Interglacials https://co2coalition.org/facts/interglacials-usually-last-10000-15000-years-ours-is-11000-years-old/ Decay of Modern Materials https://www.nature.com/articles/s41529-018-0066-x https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/36/105/36105086.pdf https://www.xometry.com/resources/materials/metallurgical-degradation/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1296207422000565 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289701762_The_degradation_of_archaeological_bronzes_underground_Evidence_from_museum_collections https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010938X07000236 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022309317305100 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06635 https://goecopure.com/how-long-does-it-really-take-for-plastics-to-biodegrade/ https://www.activesustainability.com/environment/waste-planet-digest-how-long-it-takes-to-decay/ https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1721818115 https://www.nature.com/articles/338047a0 If you enjoyed this video, please consider subscribing to my channel!