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3 ‘Modern’ Inventions That Existed Millions of Years Ago
Evidence exists pointing to prehistoric civilizations as advanced as our modern civilization—or perhaps more advanced.
Such evidence could turn our scientific certainties upside down. It wouldn’t be the first time—the history of science proves, after all, that science has been grossly wrong on countless occasions.
Paradigm shifts are ushered in amid abundant controversy. The following discoveries have been contested, but some scientists have maintained that they constitute indisputable evidence that tens of thousands, or even many millions of years ago, humans walked the earth with as much knowledge and culture as today’s people.
1. A Nuclear Reactor 1.8 Billion Years Old
In 1972, a French factory imported uranium ore from Oklo, in Africa’s Gabon Republic. To its surprise, it found the uranium had already been extracted.
They found the site of origin to be a large-scale highly advanced nuclear reactor that came into being 1.8 billion years ago and was in operation for some 500,000 years.
Scientists gathered to investigate, with many explaining it away as a wondrous, yet natural, phenomenon.
Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, former head of the United States Atomic Energy Commission and Nobel Prize winner for his work in the synthesis of heavy elements, explained why it definitely wasn’t a natural phenomenon, and thus must be a man-made nuclear reactor.
For uranium to “burn” in a reaction, very precise conditions are needed.
The water must be extremely pure, for one. Much purer than exists naturally anywhere in the world.
The material U-235 is necessary for nuclear fission to occur. It is one of the isotopes found naturally in uranium.
Several specialists in reactor engineering have said the uranium in Oklo could not have been rich enough in U-235 for a reaction to take place naturally.
Furthermore, it seems the reactor was more advanced than anything we could build today. It was several miles in length and the thermal impact to its environment was limited to 40 meters (about 131 feet) on all sides. The radioactive waste is still contained by surrounding geological elements and has not migrated beyond the mine site.
Biblical, ‘Young Earth Creationsim’ might place the scenes at only a few thousand years old, which makes it just as interesting, but for the opposite reason.
Impossible to say how old this sort of stuff is, too many assumptions. Just pick a number out of a hat…