I'm starting to think more and more that MAYBE we had more of an advanced civilization at some time in the past, and that civilization declined and was almost destroyed by whatever events almost drove the mega fauna to extinction.
I've heard rumors that there are some in the open academic community who are talking that the pyramids themselves might be as much as 10,000 years old.
Dr Robert Schoch, geologist/geophysist, has dated the Sphinx at 9,000 years old. I don't know of anyone reputable who claims that the pyramids are that old.
I agree with you on this. Looking at the creations such as the pyramids as just one example, it seems as if they were very advanced and somehow knowledge was lost over the years. The only thing that stumps me is why they created what seems like 'primative' structures (as compared to our dwellings). But perhaps they lived more in tune with the earth around them..
At any rate, they were more than stupid, lumbering ape types eaking out an existence.