Ancient Astronaut Creation Theory

Ancient astronaut creation theory is a pseudo-scientific theory that asks the question "were we intelligently designed, by a higher being of extraterrestrial origin?" Proponents of this theory believe that extraterrestrials manipulated the DNA of ancient hominids to create homosapiens. is of extraterrestrial origin. The theory contends extraterrestrials are responsible for giving mankind the ability to use tools, manipulate fire, communicate, socially organize and interact symbolically with one another. The Ancient astronaut creation theory also argues the possibility that all life on Earth could be of extraterrestrial origin. Current proponents of this theory include Zecharia Sitchin, Erich von Däniken, Burak Eldem, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, David Childress, William J. Birnes, Ian Tattersall, Craig Stanford, Phillip Coppens, George Noory, and Peter Fiebag.
Genetic argument
Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace
According to Ancient astronaut theorist Craig Stanford, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is inaccurate because Darwin had no means to gain a clear understanding of the amount of time that had passed, from when early hominids began to walk upright, and when ancient humans began to use tools and develop language. “Darwin was wrong, because he couldn’t possibly have known the chronology in his day.” Ancient astronaut creation theorists believe, in accordance with Wallace's theories, this unseen creative intelligence, is of extraterrestrial origin.
Genetic research and brain evolution
In 2004, Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, at the University of Chicago, Illinois, conducted a study and found human genes that control the size and complexity of the brain have undergone rapid evolution in humans, and that mammals and other non-human primates had not evolved in this manner. Ancient astronaut creation theorists believe that this evolution is the result of both, natural selection as well as extraterrestrial beings manipulating the DNA of early hominids. Proponents of the ancient astronaut theory argue that these changes gave early humans the ability to think and behave symbolically, communicate, create tools, manipulate fire and socially organize.
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Ancient astronaut creation theorists believe that language is a gift from the gods. Ancient astronaut theorists conclude that the story of Adam and Eve is a revised telling of Enuma Elish.
The serpent and the Tree of Knowledge metaphor
Ancient astronaut creation theorists believe that the serpent and the forbidden tree of knowledge story from The Bible is a metaphor. They argue that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit in order "to be godlike", and this was the first step in human evolution and the path toward science and "the ability to carry out genetic manipulations".
God and Satan were aliens who disagreed with one another
Proponents of Ancient astronaut creation theory state that God and Satan were actually aliens that disagreed on whether or not human beings should be allowed the information that is offered by the tree of knowledge. David Childress, a leading proponent of ancient astronaut creation theory, compares this story to the Greek tale of Prometheus, who gave mankind the knowledge of fire. Ancient astronaut creation theorists believe the biblical concept of Satan is based on a misunderstood visit by extraterrestrials. According to Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, Ancient astronaut creation theorists believe that "there might have been some type of a mutiny between good and bad, extraterrestrial factions, in the remote past and so the mutineers were cast out by the commander and became known as the evil fallen angles, which they never were."
Petroglyphs from around the world depict ancient civilizations made contact with star beings
Ancient astronaut theorists believe Hopi cave drawings found in the southwestern desert, link the origins of Hopi and Zuni tribes with Star People or Kachinas. They point to similar etchings found in caves across planet earth as evidence that extraterrestrials visited many different ancient civilizations. They state that the Hopi and Zuni drawings depict contact with "beings from space who are not gods, but brought knowledge from another planet". Ancient astronaut creation theorists point out a parallel between these and other petroglyphs found in Europe, Asia and Brazil.
Further reading
*1956: Morris K. Jessup (book, UFOs and the Bible)
*1964: W. Raymond Drake (book, Gods or Spacemen?)
*1968: Erich von Däniken (book, Chariots of the Gods?)
*1974: Josef F. Blumrich (book, The Spaceships of Ezekiel)
*1975: Graham Cairns-Smith (article, A Case for an Alien Ancestry)
*1977: John Philip Cohane (book, Paradox: The Case for the Extraterrestrial Origin of Man)
*1978: Zecharia Sitchin (book, The 12th planet)
*1988: Riley Martin (book, The Coming of Tan)
*1993: David Icke (book, --and the truth shall set you free)
*1998: Lloyd Pye (book, Everything You Know is Wrong — Book One: Human Evolution)
*1998: James Herbert Brennan (book, Martian Genesis)
*2011: Joe Griffin (book, Godhead: The Brain's Big Bang)
*2012: Jason Colavito (book, Theosophy On Ancient Astronauts)
*2003: Burak Eldem (book, 2012: Appointment With Marduk)

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