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NARRATOR: Mysterious skulls.
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BRIEN FOERSTER:
The DNA didn't match anything
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known to be human.
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NARRATOR: Bizarre mutations.
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DAVID WILCOCK:
This could be reptilian type
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of humanoid life.
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NARRATOR:
And terrifying monsters.
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JONATHAN YOUNG:
The Apache had a demonic figure
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who could petrify you
through its gaze.
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NARRATOR: In cultures
throughout the world,
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there are stories of strange
humanlike gods.
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Could our ancestors
have really encountered
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these otherworldly beings?
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And might they have
a connection to us?
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
What we have are remnants
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of the teachers that visited
mankind in the remote past.
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JASON MARTELL: Our DNA contains
a lost extraterrestrial gene
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that's now resurfacing
at the right time.
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NARRATOR:
Since the dawn of civilization,
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mankind has credited
its origins to gods
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and other visitors
from the stars.
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What if it were true?
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Did extraterrestrial beings
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really help
to shape our history?
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And if so, might humans
be just one link
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in the chain of alien evolution?
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NARRATOR:
Paracas skull number 44.
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Discovered in 2012,
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it has a weight of 2.8 pounds,
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25% heavier than the average
adult male skull.
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It has a cranial capacity
of 1,500 cubic centimeters,
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20% greater than normal.
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And it is missing
a sagittal suture,
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the connective tissue joint
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found between the parietal bones
in all human skulls.
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This is just one of hundreds
of strange, misshapen skulls
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that have been found
on the southern coast of Peru,
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dating back to 1927.
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It was at this time
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that archaeologist Julio Tello
first excavated
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a massive burial complex,
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thought to have been built
by the Paracas people
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who lived in the region
from 800 BC to 100 BC.
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Julio C. Tello was the father
of Peruvian archaeology...
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and in the 1920s,
he discovered mummy bundles.
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And in each mummy bundle was a
person with an elongated skull.
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They were buried
in family mausoleums,
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in some cases as deep
as 30 feet into the bedrock.
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NARRATOR:
Mainstream archaeologists say
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the elongation is most likely
the result of head binding,
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which involves wrapping
the heads of infants
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while their skulls
are still soft
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in order to change the shape.
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It is a practice found
in numerous cultures
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throughout the world
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that dates back thousands
of years.
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But why would people desire
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to elongate the heads
of their children?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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that head binding originated
with primitive humans
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who were attempting to imitate
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the appearance
of extraterrestrial visitors.
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But according
to researcher Brien Foerster,
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the assistant director
of the Paracas History Museum,
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head binding would not account
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for the other anomalies
that the Paracas skulls exhibit.
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FOERSTER: About five percent
of the elongated skulls
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that we find in Paracas
are so complex in shape and size
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that it's hard to believe
that they're the result
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of any form of cranial
deformation or head binding.
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Not only are they
elongated vertically,
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but also the eye sockets
are much larger than normal.
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There are two holes
in the back of the skull
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called foramen,
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through which blood
and nerve flow occurred.
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And also their jaws
were very robust.
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WILCOCK:
Among the largest of them
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we find skulls 60% heavier
than normal human skulls
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and a brain capacity
that is 2.5 times
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larger than the normal
human brain.
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NARRATOR: But if these elongated
skulls were not the result
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of the ancient practice
of head binding,
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then just who or what
were these mysterious beings?
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In 2014,
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DNA testing was performed
on Paracas skull number 44,
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which rendered
surprising results.
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FOERSTER: Some initial
DNA testing has been done,
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and the results,
according to the geneticist,
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are quite startling.
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There were certain segments
of the DNA
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that didn't match anything
known to be human.
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What it suggests to me
is that Paracas could very well
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have been an ancient bloodline
related to Homo sapiens
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but not specifically
Homo sapiens itself.
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When you look at this kind
of archaeological evidence,
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you're seeing concrete,
tangible,
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DNA-testable proof
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that extraterrestrials
walked on Earth
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right among us.
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Personally,
I think it is quite possible
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that what we have there
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are remnants
of the so-called teachers
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that visited mankind
in the remote past.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be that this skull
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and other similar skulls
found in southern Peru
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are something other than human?
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While mainstream scholars
continue
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to dismiss this possibility,
there is now evidence
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that at one time
the Earth was inhabited
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by other species that possessed
intelligence equal to
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or even greater than humans.
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Gibraltar.
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September 1, 2014.
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Inside Gorham's Cave on the edge
of the Mediterranean Sea,
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anthropologists
announce a finding
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that fundamentally changes
our understanding
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of early human history.
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A pattern of cross-hatched lines
carved into the rock
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over 39,000 years ago
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is the first known example
of cave art
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created not by our ancestors
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but by another
intelligent species,
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the Neanderthals.
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WILLIAM LEONARD: Previous to
this, it was generally regarded
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that only anatomically modern
humans had that capability,
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that cave paintings and etchings
and making of figurines
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was really something that was
restricted to modern humans.
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And so the Gibraltar site
clearly indicates
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that Neanderthals
had the capacity
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for symbolic representation.
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NARRATOR:
Like humans, Neanderthals
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are thought to have evolved
from Homo erectus,
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but contrary to popular belief,
they are not our ancestors.
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They were actually
a separate species
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that lived alongside
early humans.
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More and more evidence is coming
to light, uh, that suggests
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that Neanderthals were
at least socially intelligent,
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at least thinking
in symbolic behavior,
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uh, and therefore may have
even been... as far as we know,
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may have been even
more intelligent than-than us.
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PETER WARD:
We find lots of evidence
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that Neanderthals used tools,
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perhaps in different ways
than we did.
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Certainly, the discovery of
graves where flowers are buried.
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They loved their children
just as we love ours.
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The technology available to them
is only now being discovered.
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NARRATOR: DNA studies show
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that Neanderthals lived
among modern humans
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for thousands of years
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and interbred with them
before becoming extinct.
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And they were not
the only other intelligent
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humanlike species
in prehistoric times.
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In 2003, scientists identified
floresiensis...
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Known as the Hobbit people...
In Indonesia.
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And as recently as 2008,
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the species Denisovan hominin
was discovered
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in southern Siberia.
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LEONARD: What is intriguing
about this find
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is the DNA evidence suggests
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that they are genetically
distinct from both Neanderthals
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and anatomically modern humans,
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suggesting perhaps
that at 40,000 years ago,
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you had as many
as three different human forms
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on planet Earth.
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WARD:
No, there absolutely have to be
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still unknown human lineages
out there.
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Whether they are totally
different species or varieties.
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I'm sure
that the paleontologists
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of the present day
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and the near future will find
more of our family tree.
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WILCOCK:
What we're now seeing is
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a Lord of the Rings
type situation
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in which there are multiple
hominid populations
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coexisting on Earth
at the same time.
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When we look at the Denisovans,
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we're seeing that they actually
have traces in their DNA
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of a species that is completely
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unlike anything we've seen
anywhere else on Earth.
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We don't know
where it comes from,
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and we don't know
who these people are.
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It's a complete
baffling mystery.
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NARRATOR: Did Neanderthals
and other ancient hominids
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possess capabilities
on par with,
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or perhaps even exceeding,
those of our human ancestors?
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And if science is only now
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discovering the truth
about these species,
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then what other forms
of intelligent life
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may have also roamed the Earth
thousands of years ago?
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Might humans have shared
the Earth with,
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and interbred with, species
not indigenous to this planet?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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there may be further clues
to be found
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with Paracas skull number 44,
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by reconstructing its face.
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NARRATOR: New York City.
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March 27, 2015.
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Brien Foerster has enlisted
artist Marcia Moore
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to help him examine
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in an entirely new way.
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Drawing on her experience
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doing facial reconstructions
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Marcia will try to bring
the ancient skull back to life
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by scanning it onto a computer
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and digitally
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So, the first thing
that we're going to do...
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- I'm going to get a visual.
- Mm-hmm.
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And now it's going to laser-cut
slices of this skull.
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And it's going
to patch up this entire skull
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to make a 3-D model.
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And we'll get to an accurate
feel of this individual.
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If you'd like to take your skull
away from the carousel.
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Up here on the computer...
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This is how we generated
the... the skull model.
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With all of these little dots,
the laser picked up
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and was able to create
a fairly accurate rendering
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of this skull.
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FOERSTER: That's amazing.
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NARRATOR:
Analyzing the bone structure,
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Marcia begins
to generate virtual layers
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of muscle and tissue
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to re-create the facial anatomy
of the Paracas skull.
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You can tell by this skull,
the cheeks are prominent.
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The chin is very prominent.
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The eyes... obviously
the sockets are much larger,
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and that's always difficult.
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I'm adding a little bit
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I think that probably this skull
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so added material there.
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Create the cranial formation
of the skull.
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NARRATOR:
Based on the shape of the skull,
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Marcia approximates where to add
additional tissue and muscle
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until finally... a face emerges.
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FOERSTER: That's remarkable.
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MOORE:
Yeah, so I'm going to show you
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the... the build-up,
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slowly building up the cheeks,
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the jawline, the eyes.
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This, again,
is a reconstruction,
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but it's an interpretation
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of what this physical
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And here it is.
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Well, you have brought
a 2,000-year-old skull to life.
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And answers some questions,
but presents many more.
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Absolutely.
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FOERSTER:
Marcia's interpretation
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I find very intriguing
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because what she has
been able to represent
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is atypical of the native people
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that we find
in coastal Peru today.
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The Paracas culture
disappeared 2,000 years ago.
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They left no descendants,
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nor did they leave
oral tradition
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or written documentation
of any sort.
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So we have no idea, in fact,
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who they were
and where they came from.
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From Marcia's interpretation,
I believe that it is possible
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that beings have come
from other parts of our universe
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to this planet
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and have mingled with
the genetics that were here.
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I believe that they're
a subspecies of humanity.
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NARRATOR: Could this be the face
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of an alien-human hybrid?
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Or might Paracas skull number 44
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have origins completely outside
of planet Earth,
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as some ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?
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TSOUKALOS: I have seen
those skulls close up.
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And the moment
I was able to do this,
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it changes everything
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because if you compare a skull
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where you can prove
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that the skull
was artificially elongated,
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and you compare that
to one of the Paracas skulls,
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then you can see a marked
difference between the two.
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I think, personally,
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that they are themselves
the extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR: Is Paracas skull
number 44 evidence
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of another intelligent...
Perhaps even extraterrestrial...
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Species living among humans
in the distant past?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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that the facial reconstruction
does resemble an ancient ruler
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that they believe was from
the stars...
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The Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten.
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CHILDRESS: He has big eyes,
he has an extended head.
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And in some ways,
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he looks like one of
the Atenists like Akhenaten,
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or their children
with large extended heads.
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NARRATOR: Akhenaten ruled
in the 14th century BC,
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and was considered
a heretical pharaoh
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for changing the polytheistic
religion of ancient Egypt.
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He declared
there was only one god... Aten.
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A god he depicted
as a disk in the sky.
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CHILDRESS: Akhenaten became
enthralled with the Aten disk.
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And the Aten disk was something
that was supposedly the sun,
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but it was depicted
in a completely different way
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than the Egyptians
had depicted the sun before.
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And so it's interesting
to think of the Aten disk
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as possibly
some kind of a spaceship.
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And so, when you see
these Atenists like Akhenaten,
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you have to wonder
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if they're not some kind
of extraterrestrials.
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They look a lot
like Grey aliens.
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NARRATOR:
Akhenaten's reign also marked
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a radical change in art,
transitioning
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from idealistic portrayals
of people
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to much more
realistic renditions...
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A fact which has only added
to the speculation
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about the ancient pharaoh
and his family's origins.
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WILCOCK: There are so many
illustrations of them
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painted on the temple walls,
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as well as granite sculptures
of Akhenaten,
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of his wife Nefertiti,
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of their daughter Meritaten.
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Even King Tut
was one of the children
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of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.
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There are busts of King Tut
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that also show
an elongated skull.
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We're also seeing that they have
a very narrow ribcage.
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And the distance
between their neck
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and their waist is longer
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than typical humans
would have on Earth.
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You look at this granite bust
of Meritaten,
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where her head extends all
the way back, there's no hair,
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and you tell me that if a guy
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actually made that as a mistake
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that he would
still be allowed to work
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or even allowed
to finish the sculpture?
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He was sculpting what they
really look like.
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NARRATOR:
Is the facial reconstruction
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of the Paracas skull
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the face
of an ancient astronaut?
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Does its similarity
to the depictions
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of the Egyptian pharaoh
Akhenaten provide evidence
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that our planet has, in fact,
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been visited
by extraterrestrials?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and believe that further proof
of an extraterrestrial presence
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here on Earth can be found
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within humanity itself.
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NARRATOR: Houston, Texas.
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2010.
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Doctors at
the Texas Heart Institute
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examine a 59-year-old man
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complaining of chest pains
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and make
an astounding discovery:
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The patient has
a three-chambered heart,
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similar to that of a reptile.
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Researchers attributed
the rare condition
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to an evolutionary phenomenon
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called atavism,
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when a lost trait
of a distant ancestor
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reemerges in a modern organism.
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GAGE CRUMP: So the idea is,
if you look at where
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we evolve from,
we were first fish.
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Fish have a two-chambered heart.
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And then we came on land...
We're more like a reptile.
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That has
a three-chambered heart.
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And then eventually
a four-chambered heart
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as we became mammals
and then humans.
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So interestingly,
during development,
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that same sequence of evolution
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is played out again as embryos.
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So if there's any sort of defect
in the embryo along the way,
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it could get stalled out
at that earlier state.
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And now this man has a heart
that's more typical
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of our distant ancestors,
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- the reptiles.
- (growls)
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NARRATOR:
While the discovery of a human
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with a reptilian heart
is incredibly rare,
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other genetic conditions
have been found
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that suggest a link
with reptiles.
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Since the 1800s,
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over 100 cases of human tails
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have been reported
in medical journals.
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People with
the disease ichthyosis
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have dry, scaly skin.
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And people with the diseases
called syndactyly
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and ectrodactyly
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have fused fingers
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and clawlike hands.
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But if such
anatomical irregularities
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are a link
to our ancient ancestors,
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as some scientists suggest,
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could it be that they are not
the remnants
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of a reptilian stage
in human development,
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but instead reveal that humans
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once comingled
with reptilian aliens?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and believe that
further clues can be found
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in the stories of China's
first emperor, Fu Xi.
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Fu Xi is one of the mythical
rulers of China,
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and he is considered to be,
uh, the original
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or prototypical man.
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He was created
along with his sister Nu Wa.
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They were humanoid in form,
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in the sense that their upper
bodies were that of humans,
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but their lower bodies
were that of snakes.
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And they're often represented
with snake tails
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intertwined together.
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NARRATOR: Similar stories
of reptilian humanoid beings
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exist in cultures
around the ancient world,
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including Japan, Greece
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and South America.
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CHILDRESS: We even have good
drawings and reliefs
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of many of these
fantastic creatures.
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And so is it possible
that some of these creatures
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really are aliens
that look like that?
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And it seems like,
in some cases,
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that is probably the case.
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NARRATOR: Other unusual
anomalies also appear
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to mirror the descriptions
of divine beings
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from ancient texts.
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Millions of infants are born
with blue patches of skin
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called Mongolian spots,
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evoking the blue-skinned gods
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common to India and Egypt.
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There have also been
many cases of gigantism
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throughout history,
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bringing to mind biblical
stories of the Nephilim...
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Giants that were said to be
the hybrid offspring
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of humans and divine beings
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called the Watchers.
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Within us is the whole
evolutionary development
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of humankind, as well as
the other species
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that humans developed from...
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Reptiles, fish and so forth.
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Extrapolating this idea,
if extraterrestrials had a hand
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in retooling our DNA,
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then do we also carry
their genetic makeup
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within us, as we would?
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MARTELL: We know today
that our DNA contains a lot
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of junk DNA
that we still don't understand.
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So when we see these genetic
anomalies surface
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in physical form in children,
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it could be that
it's not an anomaly.
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It's actually a lost
extraterrestrial gene,
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a marker that's now resurfacing
at the right time.
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NARRATOR: Like the Neanderthals,
did extraterrestrials
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breed with early man
thousands of years ago?
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Did they leave behind
genetic evidence in our DNA
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that still exists today?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest that Earth
may at one time have been home
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to not one alien race, but many.
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NARRATOR: West Virginia.
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September 1952.
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Multiple witnesses report
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seeing a strange ball of light
shooting across the night sky
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and landing
in a nearby wooded area.
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Those who investigate
the crash site
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describe seeing a ten-foot-tall
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birdlike creature
with glowing red eyes.
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REDFERN: It was this huge,
humanoid-type figure
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anywhere from about ten feet
to 12 feet high,
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had these fiery, blazing eyes
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and was emitting these sparks
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and flashes of light.
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It was described as having
a cowl-like head,
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not unlike an ace of spades card
in a deck of cards.
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The entire group was unanimous
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in their belief that the object
or the creature
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was utterly real,
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that it was connected with the
overflight of the strange light
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and it was also connected
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with this red pulsating light
that they saw.
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NARRATOR: Curiously,
Native American mythology
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also describes a similar
half-bird, half-human creature
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that shared the planet with
mankind thousands of years ago.
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YOUNG: The Apache had a demonic
figure in their mythology,
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the giant owl man,
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who could petrify you
through its gaze.
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It was truly
a terrifying presence
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that could come at any time
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and particularly
in the night sky, when owls fly.
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TOK THOMPSON:
This is a pretty common theme
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in a lot
of Native American mythology,
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that there was a time
in the past
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when the Earth was overrun
by pretty scary monsters
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of various forms.
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And the big owl...
Or the owl man...
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Is one of these sort
of representatives.
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(tribal chanting)
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NARRATOR:
Might the stories of owl men
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and other strange creatures
describe beings
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that the Native Americans
actually encountered?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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and point to similar creation
myths from across the world
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of gods that resemble
not just anthropomorphic birds
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but also reptiles,
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insects
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and sea creatures.
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TSOUKALOS: All around the world,
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we have figurines and carvings
and paintings,
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rock paintings
of these very bizarre creatures
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that can be found not only
on every continent,
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but once you compare them,
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they're also incredibly similar.
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So one has to wonder
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if these figurines
and these statues
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of these different depictions
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of what they referred to
as the gods,
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if they're actually rooted
in some type of reality.
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NARRATOR: Did our ancestors
really encounter
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these intelligent life-forms
thousands of years ago?
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And if so, just what were they?
506
00:28:29.675 --> 00:28:32.376
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
507
00:28:32.411 --> 00:28:35.646
February 2013.
508
00:28:35.681 --> 00:28:40.884
Analyzing data gathered by
NASA's Kepler space telescope,
509
00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:43.654
astronomers at
the Harvard-Smithsonian Center
510
00:28:43.689 --> 00:28:46.423
for Astrophysics announce
511
00:28:46.459 --> 00:28:49.626
that six percent
of all red dwarf stars
512
00:28:49.662 --> 00:28:52.596
have habitable,
Earth-like planets.
513
00:28:52.631 --> 00:28:57.670
Because red dwarf stars
burn much longer than our sun,
514
00:28:57.103 --> 00:28:59.703
the discovery raises
the possibility
515
00:28:59.739 --> 00:29:02.873
that life on these planets
could be much older
516
00:29:02.908 --> 00:29:05.943
and much different
than life on Earth.
517
00:29:05.978 --> 00:29:08.579
The environment plays
a-a really pivotal role
518
00:29:08.614 --> 00:29:11.815
in sort of the direction, um,
that organisms evolve.
519
00:29:11.851 --> 00:29:13.684
And so you can imagine
that evolution
520
00:29:13.719 --> 00:29:15.419
played out on a different planet
521
00:29:15.454 --> 00:29:17.621
might follow
the same types of rules
522
00:29:17.656 --> 00:29:20.570
but have completely different
end products,
523
00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:22.593
and so it'd look
completely different.
524
00:29:22.628 --> 00:29:26.897
WARD: Just go to any other star
with planets around it.
525
00:29:26.932 --> 00:29:29.733
Intelligence is going to happen
because of crises.
526
00:29:29.769 --> 00:29:32.469
It's going to happen
because you can only survive
527
00:29:32.505 --> 00:29:33.771
with that intelligence.
528
00:29:34.807 --> 00:29:36.774
But it could be from a reptile,
529
00:29:36.809 --> 00:29:38.175
that we were reptile-equivalent.
530
00:29:38.210 --> 00:29:40.310
It could be from a quadruped.
531
00:29:40.346 --> 00:29:42.813
It might be from
a mollusk-like creature.
532
00:29:42.848 --> 00:29:45.182
The cause is probably
gonna be the same.
533
00:29:45.217 --> 00:29:48.118
The end result, anatomically,
totally different.
534
00:29:51.257 --> 00:29:53.624
HENRY: There could be
a myriad of different forms
535
00:29:53.659 --> 00:29:56.627
that intelligent life takes
throughout the cosmos.
536
00:29:56.662 --> 00:29:59.696
When we look to the earthly
record of otherworldly beings
537
00:29:59.732 --> 00:30:01.640
that have visited Earth,
538
00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:03.267
they exhibit
different characteristics.
539
00:30:03.302 --> 00:30:07.371
They have bird heads, dog heads,
reptilian-type forms.
540
00:30:07.406 --> 00:30:10.174
It's possible that these are
the forms that these beings take
541
00:30:10.209 --> 00:30:11.475
on their home planet,
542
00:30:11.510 --> 00:30:13.944
and they might even coexist
with beings
543
00:30:13.979 --> 00:30:16.113
that are even different
from them.
544
00:30:18.751 --> 00:30:21.852
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that, like the Neanderthals,
545
00:30:21.887 --> 00:30:24.388
Denisovans and floresiensis
546
00:30:24.423 --> 00:30:27.691
that existed alongside humans
here on Earth,
547
00:30:27.726 --> 00:30:30.828
there are similar
intelligent beings
548
00:30:30.863 --> 00:30:32.529
that evolved differently from us
549
00:30:32.565 --> 00:30:36.533
on planets
all across the universe?
550
00:30:36.569 --> 00:30:39.837
And if many such species
do exist,
551
00:30:39.872 --> 00:30:41.772
might Earth have been visited
552
00:30:41.807 --> 00:30:45.709
by more than just one race
of aliens?
553
00:30:45.744 --> 00:30:47.611
Ancient astronaut theorists
believe
554
00:30:47.646 --> 00:30:51.882
that the answers lie not only
in stories of divine beings
555
00:30:51.917 --> 00:30:55.452
from the past
but in sightings that continue
556
00:30:55.487 --> 00:30:57.688
to this very day.
557
00:31:02.928 --> 00:31:05.262
NARRATOR:
Fort McDowell, Arizona.
558
00:31:05.297 --> 00:31:08.632
February 2015.
559
00:31:08.667 --> 00:31:12.169
Thousands flock
to this small desert community
560
00:31:12.204 --> 00:31:14.972
20 miles outside of Phoenix
561
00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:19.576
to attend the annual
International UFO Congress.
562
00:31:19.612 --> 00:31:22.412
Many attendees and speakers
563
00:31:22.448 --> 00:31:26.316
share stories
of being abducted by aliens,
564
00:31:26.352 --> 00:31:28.819
and their accounts describe
extraterrestrials
565
00:31:28.854 --> 00:31:33.657
that take a variety
of physical forms.
566
00:31:33.692 --> 00:31:35.659
Within the field of ufology,
567
00:31:35.694 --> 00:31:38.629
there are multiple types
of aliens reported.
568
00:31:38.664 --> 00:31:40.998
This includes winged humanoids.
569
00:31:41.330 --> 00:31:43.433
Like Mothman,
570
00:31:43.469 --> 00:31:46.169
the Houston Batman.
571
00:31:46.205 --> 00:31:50.107
It also includes
so-called insectoids, which...
572
00:31:50.142 --> 00:31:54.645
as their names suggest,
they look like large insects.
573
00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:57.147
And then we have the reptilians,
574
00:31:57.182 --> 00:32:00.500
bipedal reptile-type creatures.
575
00:32:00.850 --> 00:32:03.153
I think it's highly possible
that they've adapted
576
00:32:03.188 --> 00:32:05.555
and developed physically
in those fashions
577
00:32:05.591 --> 00:32:07.991
in relation to the conditions
578
00:32:08.270 --> 00:32:11.628
on their relative home planets.
579
00:32:11.664 --> 00:32:14.932
I think there are all kinds
of creatures with intelligence
580
00:32:14.967 --> 00:32:17.834
in this universe
that would shock us.
581
00:32:17.870 --> 00:32:20.737
I think your environment
determines
582
00:32:20.773 --> 00:32:23.540
what you're going to end up
looking like eventually.
583
00:32:23.575 --> 00:32:25.509
I think, after time,
584
00:32:25.544 --> 00:32:28.712
that complexity
of who you are physically
585
00:32:28.747 --> 00:32:33.383
adapts to what that planet is.
586
00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:36.520
WILCOCK: If you look at some
of the Sumerian illustrations,
587
00:32:36.555 --> 00:32:39.289
you see an avian bird head
588
00:32:39.325 --> 00:32:42.192
on top of a very strong
human body.
589
00:32:42.227 --> 00:32:44.828
You look
on the Egyptian paintings,
590
00:32:44.863 --> 00:32:47.564
and you have a human
with an elongated skull
591
00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:49.967
and very green skin.
592
00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:52.169
And there is
a one-to-one correlation
593
00:32:52.204 --> 00:32:55.539
between modern sightings
that people are reporting,
594
00:32:55.574 --> 00:32:58.542
both from
abduction contact experiences,
595
00:32:58.577 --> 00:33:01.244
as well as what we hear
from insider testimony,
596
00:33:01.280 --> 00:33:04.381
and what we see
in the most ancient records
597
00:33:04.416 --> 00:33:06.583
of contact with the gods.
598
00:33:06.618 --> 00:33:08.418
It's the same people.
599
00:33:08.454 --> 00:33:11.321
They never really left.
600
00:33:11.357 --> 00:33:13.724
NARRATOR:
Could there be a connection
601
00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:15.425
between the strange-looking gods
602
00:33:15.461 --> 00:33:18.261
depicted
by ancient civilizations
603
00:33:18.297 --> 00:33:22.332
and these present-day encounters
with extraterrestrials?
604
00:33:22.368 --> 00:33:25.836
Are we, in fact,
seeing similar beings
605
00:33:25.871 --> 00:33:28.605
to the ones described
by our ancestors
606
00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:31.775
thousands of years ago?
607
00:33:31.810 --> 00:33:35.679
Despite the many different kinds
of aliens reported,
608
00:33:35.714 --> 00:33:37.781
there are certain
distinct similarities
609
00:33:37.816 --> 00:33:40.817
within such sightings.
610
00:33:43.589 --> 00:33:45.288
MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network,
611
00:33:45.324 --> 00:33:48.225
is one of the longest-lasting,
most respected.
612
00:33:48.260 --> 00:33:50.460
UFO research groups
in the world.
613
00:33:50.496 --> 00:33:53.597
MUFON's studies
614
00:33:53.632 --> 00:33:56.299
of UFO landings
and humanoid cases
615
00:33:56.335 --> 00:34:00.604
has shown that most UFO events
involving entities
616
00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:04.908
revolve around sightings
of creatures that are humanoid,
617
00:34:04.943 --> 00:34:07.544
that's to say two arms,
two legs,
618
00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:09.679
a body and a head.
619
00:34:09.715 --> 00:34:13.784
CHILDRESS: When we look at all
of the different reports
620
00:34:13.819 --> 00:34:16.720
of extraterrestrials
coming here to Earth,
621
00:34:16.755 --> 00:34:19.556
and they're all generally
622
00:34:19.591 --> 00:34:22.392
humanoid in form.
623
00:34:22.428 --> 00:34:25.262
And it would seem
that the human form
624
00:34:25.297 --> 00:34:27.798
is very much a universal form.
625
00:34:33.705 --> 00:34:36.807
NARRATOR: If intelligent life
would evolve much differently
626
00:34:36.842 --> 00:34:38.708
on other planets,
627
00:34:38.744 --> 00:34:41.344
as mainstream science suggests,
628
00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:43.747
then why would so many people
629
00:34:43.782 --> 00:34:46.583
describe encounters
with extraterrestrials
630
00:34:46.618 --> 00:34:49.986
that have human characteristics?
631
00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:53.256
REDFERN: There may well
have been some original
632
00:34:53.292 --> 00:34:57.861
proto-alien civilization
that seeded the universe.
633
00:34:57.896 --> 00:35:02.466
Over time, the image
of creatures with two arms,
634
00:35:02.501 --> 00:35:06.236
two legs, a torso and a head,
two eyes and a mouth
635
00:35:06.271 --> 00:35:10.307
pretty much rules throughout
the entire spectrum
636
00:35:10.342 --> 00:35:13.577
of UFO activity and sightings.
637
00:35:13.612 --> 00:35:17.280
TSOUKALOS: Now, that would imply
that our lineage
638
00:35:17.316 --> 00:35:21.184
is something that is bipedal.
639
00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:23.787
Whether a creature walks upright
640
00:35:23.822 --> 00:35:26.957
with the face of an insect
641
00:35:26.992 --> 00:35:29.926
or the face of a human
doesn't really matter.
642
00:35:29.962 --> 00:35:33.630
You still have
a two-legged creature
643
00:35:33.665 --> 00:35:36.399
that originated somewhere.
644
00:35:37.836 --> 00:35:40.303
Given the number
of humanoid-appearing gods,
645
00:35:40.339 --> 00:35:43.507
it suggests that there
is a common ancestor
646
00:35:43.542 --> 00:35:46.900
for all intelligent life
in the universe
647
00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:48.478
and perhaps we're
on the verge of rediscovering
648
00:35:48.514 --> 00:35:50.380
that common ancestor.
649
00:35:53.510 --> 00:35:55.418
NARRATOR:
Could there be one common source
650
00:35:55.454 --> 00:35:58.288
for all intelligent life
in the universe?
651
00:35:58.323 --> 00:36:01.892
A primordial species
that seeded different planets
652
00:36:01.927 --> 00:36:05.729
with beings
similar to ourselves?
653
00:36:05.764 --> 00:36:08.365
Ancient astronaut theorists
believe
654
00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:11.868
the ultimate truth
about mankind's origins
655
00:36:11.904 --> 00:36:13.870
might be found by examining
656
00:36:13.906 --> 00:36:16.706
not only our past
657
00:36:16.742 --> 00:36:18.975
but also our future.
658
00:36:22.648 --> 00:36:25.715
NARRATOR: June 2013.
659
00:36:25.751 --> 00:36:29.190
In an article for Forbes,
660
00:36:29.540 --> 00:36:32.880
graphic artist
and researcher Nickolay Lamm
661
00:36:32.124 --> 00:36:35.692
illustrates just how
the human face might change
662
00:36:35.727 --> 00:36:39.596
over the next 100,000 years.
663
00:36:39.631 --> 00:36:43.333
With the help
of a computational biologist
664
00:36:43.368 --> 00:36:45.268
and taking into account
665
00:36:45.304 --> 00:36:48.104
future technological,
environmental
666
00:36:48.140 --> 00:36:50.740
and genetic influences,
667
00:36:50.776 --> 00:36:54.277
he came up with eerie renderings
668
00:36:54.313 --> 00:36:56.780
that show an increasingly
large cranium
669
00:36:56.815 --> 00:36:58.782
with a pronounced forehead,
670
00:36:58.817 --> 00:37:00.584
huge eyes
671
00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:04.921
and more pigmented skin tone.
672
00:37:04.957 --> 00:37:07.357
As far as the future,
it's-it's always really hard
673
00:37:07.392 --> 00:37:10.393
to predict, uh, especially in
terms of Homo sapiens sapiens,
674
00:37:10.429 --> 00:37:13.163
because we've been
so good at, uh,
675
00:37:13.198 --> 00:37:15.198
modifying our environment
through our technology.
676
00:37:15.234 --> 00:37:18.435
So if you try to think about
what we might look like
677
00:37:18.470 --> 00:37:20.337
in the future,
again, it's a bit hard,
678
00:37:20.372 --> 00:37:22.572
because we don't
exactly know, uh,
679
00:37:22.608 --> 00:37:23.818
what these
environmental pressures
680
00:37:23.842 --> 00:37:26.576
may be on us right now.
681
00:37:26.612 --> 00:37:29.279
NARRATOR:
While Lamm's work was dismissed
682
00:37:29.314 --> 00:37:31.681
by some scientists
as conjecture,
683
00:37:31.717 --> 00:37:34.584
anthropologists
have found that humanity
684
00:37:34.620 --> 00:37:36.119
has changed greatly
685
00:37:36.154 --> 00:37:39.456
over the past 200,000 years.
686
00:37:39.491 --> 00:37:42.492
Homo sapiens have developed
more delicate skeletons,
687
00:37:42.527 --> 00:37:44.261
smaller faces
688
00:37:44.296 --> 00:37:46.796
and more pointed chins.
689
00:37:46.832 --> 00:37:49.399
And recent studies have shown
690
00:37:49.434 --> 00:37:51.601
the human body
is still undergoing
691
00:37:51.637 --> 00:37:54.271
significant changes.
692
00:37:56.775 --> 00:37:59.776
LEONARD: So over the last
40,000 to 50,000 years,
693
00:37:59.811 --> 00:38:03.113
tooth sizes have reduced
very, very dramatically.
694
00:38:03.148 --> 00:38:06.783
And this is largely
the product of expansion
695
00:38:06.818 --> 00:38:09.786
of both cooking and ultimately
696
00:38:09.821 --> 00:38:12.555
the development of pottery.
697
00:38:12.591 --> 00:38:15.759
These cultural innovations
for changing
698
00:38:15.794 --> 00:38:18.595
what we eat and how we eat
699
00:38:18.630 --> 00:38:21.431
led to dramatic declines
700
00:38:21.466 --> 00:38:24.200
in how large our jaws were
701
00:38:24.236 --> 00:38:25.568
and ultimately
702
00:38:25.604 --> 00:38:28.271
what our tooth sizes look like.
703
00:38:28.307 --> 00:38:32.375
The future direction of human
evolution is difficult to chart,
704
00:38:32.411 --> 00:38:34.244
but certainly we would think
705
00:38:34.279 --> 00:38:37.981
that some continued expansion
of brain size
706
00:38:38.160 --> 00:38:40.950
may be something
that we're gonna continue to see
707
00:38:40.986 --> 00:38:43.420
as we move forward
in human evolution.
708
00:38:45.991 --> 00:38:48.425
NARRATOR: In 2012, scientists
709
00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:50.393
from the University of Tennessee
710
00:38:50.429 --> 00:38:53.897
announced findings that show
that human skull size
711
00:38:53.932 --> 00:38:55.899
has also increased dramatically
712
00:38:55.934 --> 00:38:58.335
just since the late 1800s.
713
00:39:00.706 --> 00:39:03.473
What they found
is totally amazing.
714
00:39:03.508 --> 00:39:05.909
The average height of the skull
715
00:39:05.944 --> 00:39:09.379
increased by an astonishing
eight millimeters,
716
00:39:09.414 --> 00:39:12.150
or almost .3 inches.
717
00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:14.718
The actual increase
in brain volume
718
00:39:14.753 --> 00:39:16.353
caused by this height change
719
00:39:16.388 --> 00:39:18.488
is 200 cubic centimeters,
720
00:39:18.523 --> 00:39:21.758
which is the size
of a tennis ball.
721
00:39:21.793 --> 00:39:23.727
Our jaws are becoming
722
00:39:23.762 --> 00:39:26.296
longer and narrower,
723
00:39:26.331 --> 00:39:28.465
and the size of the head
is becoming bigger.
724
00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:31.434
Well, it starts to sound
pretty familiar, doesn't it?
725
00:39:35.674 --> 00:39:38.108
NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut
theorists speculate
726
00:39:38.143 --> 00:39:41.411
that extended space travel
may also lead us
727
00:39:41.446 --> 00:39:42.912
to appear more like the Greys
728
00:39:42.948 --> 00:39:45.815
in the distant future.
729
00:39:45.851 --> 00:39:49.185
Some have suggested
that the reason why the Greys
730
00:39:49.221 --> 00:39:52.389
have these what appear
to be atrophied bodies
731
00:39:52.424 --> 00:39:54.891
is because that over time
732
00:39:54.926 --> 00:39:57.327
their bodies changed.
733
00:39:57.362 --> 00:40:00.630
They, too, at some point,
had larger muscles,
734
00:40:00.665 --> 00:40:02.932
but because
they became space travelers
735
00:40:02.968 --> 00:40:05.869
their muscles atrophied.
736
00:40:05.904 --> 00:40:08.338
When you go to space,
you don't have that pressure
737
00:40:08.373 --> 00:40:11.207
pushing down on you,
so those muscles aren't used,
738
00:40:11.243 --> 00:40:15.545
and so you lose muscle
very rapidly.
739
00:40:15.580 --> 00:40:17.747
Also associated with that...
Your bones
740
00:40:17.783 --> 00:40:20.283
begin to atrophy.
741
00:40:20.318 --> 00:40:22.786
We're talking about
longer and longer missions
742
00:40:22.821 --> 00:40:25.388
out into space,
going to Mars, going farther.
743
00:40:25.424 --> 00:40:27.891
And so astronauts will be
subjected to these stresses
744
00:40:27.926 --> 00:40:30.860
for a long period of time.
745
00:40:33.632 --> 00:40:35.965
CHILDRESS: Is it possible
that the Grey aliens
746
00:40:36.100 --> 00:40:38.635
at one time looked more like us
747
00:40:38.670 --> 00:40:40.503
when they were planet bound?
748
00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:46.376
And so we're on that same track.
749
00:40:47.712 --> 00:40:50.613
And we are becoming
more and more
750
00:40:50.649 --> 00:40:53.490
like these Grey aliens
themselves.
751
00:40:55.687 --> 00:40:59.722
Our lineage has come about
due to other extraterrestrials
752
00:40:59.758 --> 00:41:01.658
that are similar to us.
753
00:41:03.128 --> 00:41:07.130
Perhaps the lineage
began elsewhere
754
00:41:07.165 --> 00:41:10.300
millions and millions
of years ago.
755
00:41:13.738 --> 00:41:16.406
NARRATOR: Are humans...
And perhaps even other
756
00:41:16.441 --> 00:41:20.900
extraterrestrial races
that our ancestors encountered...
757
00:41:20.450 --> 00:41:22.912
Descendants of the Greys?
758
00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:26.382
Did these otherworldly travelers
759
00:41:26.418 --> 00:41:28.785
generate intelligent life
760
00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:32.388
not only here on Earth,
but throughout the universe?
761
00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:37.327
And might the course
of human evolution
762
00:41:37.362 --> 00:41:40.530
lead us to become
more and more like them?
763
00:41:42.868 --> 00:41:44.701
Perhaps we will discover
764
00:41:44.736 --> 00:41:48.605
that our true destiny
is to continue their mission
765
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and one day join
our alien ancestors
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in the stars.