shamanism

"I am not claiming to have proved that. That is a hypothesis that I’m putting forward to answer some of the questions that I have about prehistory."

"The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, YDIH for short, is not a lunatic fringe theory as its opponents often attempt to write it off."

"I think the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, the notion that we’re looking at a debris stream of a fragmenting comet, and we can still see that debris stream because it’s still up there and we still pass through it twice a year, is the best explanation."

"Ramps won’t do it. Ramps won’t do it."

"I think that shamanism is the origin of everything of value in humanity. I think it was the earliest form of science."