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Now we know what killed the dinosaurs and the cave man.
Global warming.
The carvings also appeared to show images of Keith Richards.
9,000 years ago the Ice Age was over and Lake Michigan already existed where it is now.
This area was already deep under water so who built or worshiped there?
Amphibious Druids?
“When you see it in the water, you’re tempted to say this is absolutely real . . . .”
So, THAT’S where I left it.
Wonder if it was built by the Nephilim?
That dating sounds a little suspect.
That looks to me like two elephants making love to a men’s glee club. -HT Woody Allen
Glaciers were still covering much of northern North America 11,700 years ago, so there was not much of a Lake Michigan then. So human settlement could have existed then on the land now covered by Lake Michigan.
But by 9,000 years ago Lake Michigan was nearly as big as it is now.
Then, 7,000 years ago Lake Michigan was not as filled in as it is today.
Instead of the find having a date of origin of 9,000 years ago, I suspect it is either older than 9,000 years ago, or somewhere in the 7,000 years old range, or younger than 7,000 but before the current extent of the waters of Lake Michigan.
Wait a sec...
Climate change?
The article is confusing - first it says 9,000 years old (or 7,000 BC) then it says at least 10,000 (or 8,000 BC) without saying how they determined the age of either the boulder or the formation. This is an old discovery - not new.
Both dates are after the 10,800 BC (12,800 years ago) comet strikes and the end of the Younger Dryas Age when the ice had reformed and was melting - so its possible (stretching here) that (without knowing were in the lake these things are) that that part was dry for long enough for some one to erect the formation and make the crude carving.
Either that or they are both much older than 10,800 BC having been made at some point during the Ice Age when the Wisconsin Sheet had not retreated too far, but just far enough to expose dry land before more ice melted and the area went under water.
There are other odd things on the bottom of the lakes as I recall.
a bit speculative but interesting! Did not know the Great Lakes were not so great just 5000 years ago.
But hey, the climate changes all by itself.
9,000 years from now, scientists will be astonished to discover prehistoric voting machines.
When does prehistory end and history begin?
Twenty thousand years ago a colossal ice sheet that sprawled over much of North America formed the Great Lakes. So my question is which of you were driving around in SUVs causing the ice sheet melt? WHO? Which of you? How else do you explain the Great Lakes rising?
Someday I hope archeologists find ruins of an ancient city on the southwest end of Lake Michigan. Someday ..like next year.