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so picture this it's


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1894 Siberia and some miners are


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freezing their tails off digging through


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swampy Frozen muck then bam they hit the


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jackpot buried for thousands of years


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they uncover a towering wooden idle


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that's nearly 12T tall Q Jaws hitting


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the floor its surface covered in weird


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geometric symbols in abstract faces that


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practically scream hey I've got Secrets


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this thing now called the shagar idol


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isn't just old it's ancient we're


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talking over 12,000 years old from way


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back during the younger dras period that


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makes it older than the pyramids older


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than Stonehenge older than most of your


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great great grandpa's bad jokes oh and


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it's the oldest wooden sculpture ever


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found no big deal right but here's where


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it gets spicy those symbols carved all


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over it Scholars are scratching their


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heads trying to figure out what they


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mean a forgotten language a system of


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Knowledge from a civilization we've


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never even heard of or maybe just an


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ancient version of killroy was here


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let's pause for a second who actually


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made this thing what were they trying to


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say could the shagar idol be evidence of


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an advanced society that disappeared


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Without a Trace like one of those blink


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and youed civilizations that leaves


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behind cryptic Clues just to mess with


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us and what if it's even weirder than


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that Legends of Atlantis and Lura talk


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about Advanced societies that vanished


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into the other their knowledge scattered


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or erased could the shagar idol be one


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of those


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relics or maybe it was carved by people


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who I don't know met them like ancient


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fan art of the Lost


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Civilization but wait it gets creepier


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there's another theory floating around


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and it's the kind of thing that gives


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you Goosebumps what if this knowledge


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isn't from Earth at


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all what if the shagar idol is and bear


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with me here a gift from beings not of


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this world yeah I said it aliens


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Advanced knowledge left behind by


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visitors from beyond the stars sure it's


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out there but hey so is the idol itself


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so what's the real story who made it why


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and what in the world or Beyond it does


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it mean the answer might change


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everything you know let's find out


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[Music]


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all right let's hop into a time machine


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and zip back to


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1894 picture this the middle of Siberia


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near the uro mountains a group of miners


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is out there in the freezing cold


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chipping away at Frozen Pete and Ice


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hoping to strike gold spoiler alert they


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didn't fight in Gold but history oh


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history found them so there they are


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shoveling dirt like their lives depend


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on it when one of them hits something


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weird the dull thud of Pete suddenly


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turns into a sharp crack intrigued and


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probably thinking it's some buried


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treasure the guy brushes away the soil


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what he uncovers isn't shiny or metal


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it's wood but not just any wood this


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thing has carvings what they pulled out


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of the bog wasn't the jackpot they were


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expecting but it turned out to be


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priceless


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buried in the swamp was a massive wooden


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statue etched with strange patterns and


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faces it was so well preserved it looked


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like it had just been carved like the


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ancient world had left us a little time


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capsule here's where it gets wild the


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artifact now called the shagar idol was


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shipped off to a museum in y kenberg


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because that's what you do when you find


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weird old stuff their archaeologists


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started putting the pieces together


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literally once fully reconstructed the


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idle stood nearly 12 ft tall carved from


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large wood a tree basically designed by


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nature to defy Decay 12 ft tall that's


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an ex stacking two NBA players and


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giving them a carved wooden


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mask but it wasn't the size that floored


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people it was the details the surface


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was covered in zigzags Chevrons and


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these trippy human like faces stacked on


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top of each other the designs weren't


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random either they were deliberate like


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someone had a message to send except


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they forgot to leave a dear future


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humans note to explain it all naturally


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the experts went full detective mode


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what did these symbols mean were they


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just decorative Doodles or was this some


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kind of ancient memo like don't feed the


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saber-tooth tigers or beware of bog


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monsters over the years researchers have


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had a field day trying to crack the Cod


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some think the carvings Are Spiritual or


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cosmological basically an ancient


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people's attempt to map out the universe


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others think they might be an early form


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of writing predating any known script by


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thousands of years imagine this thing


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could be the prehistoric equivalent of


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an emoji filed text message here's the


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kicker whoever made the shagar idol


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wasn't just fumbling through life these


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were people who had the time and brain


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power to think create and carve


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something they clearly wanted us to find


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why who knows maybe they were trying to


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leave a legacy or maybe it's just


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prehistoric graffiti saying kill Roy


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wasir either way they succeeded in


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grabbing our attention 12,000 years


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[Music]


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later all right let's talk about how the


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shagar Idol went from old to holy cow


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that's ancient when it was first


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discovered experts thought it was around


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9,000 years old that alone made it a


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historical heavyweight but in 2018 some


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updated radiocarbon dating came in with


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a plot twist turns out this thing isn't


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9,000 years old it's over 12,000


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mindblowing right that means it was


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carved back when mammoths were still


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stomping around in humanity was just


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figuring out how to adult it also means


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it was carved right before the younger


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dras period right before the great flood


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that we hear over and over in almost all


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ancient civilizations that wiped out all


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of


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humanity the shagar idol was created at


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the tail end of the ice age during the


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Mesolithic period back then most people


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were still chasing dinner with sticks


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and moving around with the seasons just


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trying to keep from freezing or starving


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yet Here Comes This 12T carved wooden


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Masterpiece practically screaming yeah


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we are more than just hunter gatherers


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it's proof that even in an era of


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survival mode some people had the time


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tools and vision to make something


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extraordinary in those carvings not


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random at all researchers think they


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could represent protor writing a sort of


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prehistoric text before actual written


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language came along the zigzag Chevrons


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and Eerie abstract faces weren't just


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for decoration they were deliberate


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packed with beaning and likely encoded


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some serious messages think of it as the


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Mesolithic version of a cosmic posted


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note but wait it gets deeper the shagar


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idol wasn't just about practicality the


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carvings probably reflected spiritual or


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cosmological beliefs like some Grand


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attempt to connect the physical and


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metaphysical maybe it was a guide to the


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divine or an offering to higher powers


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in simpler terms this wasn't just Art


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For Art's Sake it was art with a soul


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here's the wild part this wasn't just a


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fluk creation by one guy who had too


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much free time the level of


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craftsmanship and thought behind it


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points to a society that wasn't just


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surviving they were thriving these folks


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were capable of abstract thought


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imagination in preserving their ideas in


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a way that's lased more more than 12


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Millennia that's the ultimate look what


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we made


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Flex now the ideal stands alone today


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but chances are it wasn't the only one


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of its kind wouldn't artifacts rarely


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survive because well W and time don't


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get along unless you've got something


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like a magical beep bog to keep things


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intact so for all we know this could


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have been part of a much larger


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tradition of artistry and spirituality


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that just didn't survive the


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Millennium the shagar idol might be the


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Lone Survivor of an entire Mesolithic


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art gallery and here's where it gets


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even cooler this Idol puts its creators


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on the same intellectual level as the


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folks who built Monumental sites like


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goe in Turkey just like those intricate


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Stone pillars the shagar idol shows that


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human creativity and advanced thinking


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were thriving way earlier than most


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history books give credit for


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these people weren't dragging Knuckles


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they were thinking big the carvings


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themselves might even hold practical


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knowledge maybe they recorded


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information about the Stars changing


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seasons or their environment stuff that


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was crucial for survival back then


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imagine if the shagar idol is the


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Mesolithic equivalent of a how to


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survive on Earth Manning if nothing else


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it's a pretty impressive reminder of how


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capable humans work were even in an age


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when Mammoth Stakes were still on the


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menu the shagar idol blows up The


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Stereotype of early humans as primitive


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cave dwellers these people were thinkers


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creators and spiritual explorers who


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weren't just trying to survive they


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wanted to leave a


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legacy it's like they knew they were


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carving their way into history one


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zigzag at a time


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[Music]


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the shagar idol isn't just some ancient


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wooden knickknack it's a deliberate


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thoughtful attempt to communicate


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whoever carved this wasn't whittling


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away their free time they were leaving


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something behind something that mattered


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the real question is what were they


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trying to say let's pause for a second


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and think about what it took to make


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this thing it's 12,000 years old which


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means they didn't have fancy tools or


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IKEA style instructions carving a nearly


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12ft wooden statue back then required


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serious effort skill time and resources


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that weren't exactly lying around this


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wasn't a quick let's doodle on wood


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project it was intentional the size the


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intricate patterns the choice of durable


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large wood it all screams this needs to


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last some Scholars think the idol was


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more than just a piece of art the


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carvings could be a kind of Time Capsule


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holding knowledge these people thought


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was too important to lose maybe it was


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guidance for their descendants rituals


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to honor their ancestors or even a giant


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hey don't mess this up sign for future


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civilizations whatever it was it shows


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these folks were playing the long game


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and that's the thing the shagar idol


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forces us to rethink what ancient humans


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were all about we tend to imagine them


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as Scrappy hunter gatherers just trying


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to survive the day finding food avoiding


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predators and figuring out how to stay


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warm but this Idol tells a different


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story these people weren't just


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surviving they were thinking big they


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were asking questions like what's our


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place in the world and how do we make


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sure people remember us they were


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planners storytellers and philosophers


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wrapped up in Mesolithic clothing the


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shagar idol also fits into a broader


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pattern think about gole deppe in Turkey


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a site where ancient people carved


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elaborate Stone pillars over 11,000


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years ago just like those Builders their


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creators of the shagar idol were trying


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to preserve something maybe it was their


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world view their knowledge or their


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mythology these weren't isolated moments


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of inspiration it's part of a deeply


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human desire to leave a mark to create


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something that outlasts us and here's


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the kicker the shagar idol wasn't just a


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message to the people of it time it's


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speaking to us too it's a reminder that


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even back then humans weren't just about


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survival they were about meaning they


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wanted to be remembered they wanted to


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matter so yeah this 12,000 year old


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chunk of wood isn't Just A Relic it's a


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conversation starter and whether we


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fully understand what it's saying or not


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it's clear that the people who made it


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had something important on their minds


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and honestly that's kind of humbling


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okay so not everyone's on the same page


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about the shagar idol some


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archaeologists look at its intricate


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carvings and say eh maybe it's just


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decorative maybe it's inspired by nature


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or maybe it was some kind of ritual


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doodling but come on look at the thing


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those carvings are way too detailed to


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be chocked up to a prehistoric Arch and


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graph session


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what makes a shagar idol stand out isn't


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just its age or even the carvings


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themselves it's the fact that it


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survived at all seriously wood from


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12,000 years ago shouldn't exist anymore


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the only reason we're talking about it


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is because it spent all that time


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marinating in a Siberian Pete bog and


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Pete bogs their Nature's version of a


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climate controlled safe their acidic


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water chil temps and lack of oxygen made


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them perfect for slowing Decay to a


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crawl bacteria fungi they don't stand a


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chance in that environment so while most


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wooden artifacts crumble into dust


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within decades the shagar idol hung on


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like it was waiting for us to find it


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this isn't just a oneoff thing either


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Pete bogs Arctic Ice Desert Sands


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they're the MVPs of natural preservation


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think about ulie the ican that guy who's


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been chilling literally in the Alps for


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over 5,000 years or those ancient


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manuscripts tucked away in Egyptian


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caves these environments are like


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accidental time capsules saving bits of


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History we never see


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otherwise without them the shagar idol


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would have been long gone and its story


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would have disappeared before anyone


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knew it existed and let's talk about


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those carvings they aren't just random


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scratches they show real skill the


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patterns are so precise that practically


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scream look what I can do whoever made


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this wasn't just surviving they were


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thriving this wasn't a quick hack job


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with a pointing rock it took tools


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Advanced ones and a steady hand it's a


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level of craftsmanship that makes you


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wonder did these people have a whole


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woodworking scene going on were they


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innovators in tool making if so they


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were way ahead of their time showing a


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technical sophistication most of us


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don't associate with the Mesolithic


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period and here's the kicker the shagar


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idol isn't just about what we found it's


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about what we haven't how many other


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Treasures like this are still buried out


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there waiting for us to stumble across


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them with modern tech like ground


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penetrating radar and satellite imaging


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we have tools that could revolutionize


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how we search for the past imagine


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what's still hidden in Peete bogs under


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ice sheets or buried in ancient


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riverbeds the idol is basically a neon


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sign saying keep


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digging this artifact isn't just a


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preserved Relic it's a mashup of History


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Innovation and a wakeup call for


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archaeology its survival isn't just a


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nod to the Past it's a challenge for the


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future what other stories are out there


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waiting to be told it's up to us to find


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them


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[Music]


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the idea of the Lost Advan civilization


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controversial sure but the shagar idol


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keeps that fire burning from Atlantis to


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Mew these Legends have been whispered


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across Generations cropping up in every


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corner of the world myths maybe but


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myths that stubbornly refuse to faade


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let's not just focus on physical


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evidence it's about the mindset of the


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people behind these creations these


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weren't just groups scraping by with


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sticks and stones own tools they were


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thinkers dreamers and dare I say artists


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they weren't just surviving they were


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thriving leaving behind messages for a


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world they couldn't begin to imagine and


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somehow one of those messages ended up


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in a Siberian bog now picture this a


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culture living on the brink of an


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unforgiving Ice Age they're watching


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glaciers melt Rivers flood and


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coastlines vanish like bad CGI in a


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disaster movie they know their world is


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changing forever and what do they do


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about it Panic nah they create not just


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survival tools but art something that


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carries their knowledge their Spirit


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their story forward the Shir Idol isn't


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just an artifact it's their voice a


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12,000-year-old whisper that says hey we


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were here we mattered and we've got


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something to tell you and that's where


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the sketch profound the idol stops being


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a static hunk of wood and becomes a


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bridge I get goosebumps just thinking


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about it a link between the world which


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we barely understand and our future


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where we're still fumbling to piece


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everything together it's not just a


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relic folks it's a


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connection thanks for hanging out with


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me on this wild ride today I'm Ralph


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