36 - Dr. Martin Sweatman, PhD: Göbekli Tepe & the Younger Dryas Impact Theory

Hello and welcome to Entangled! The podcast where we explore the science of consciousness, the true nature of reality, and what it means to be a spiritual being having a human experience. I’m your host Jordan Youkilis, and today I’m joined by Dr. Martin Sweatman. Martin is a professor at the University of Edinburgh in the School of Engineering who has also published research on evidence for the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis and the sacred site Göbekli Tepe, which I consistently struggle to pronounce. In this conversation, we start by discussing why Göbekli Tepe is such an important archeological discovery. We then discuss the synchronous timing between Göbekli Tepe’s construction and the Younger Dryas period, and why the YD period was such an important epoch in our planet’s history. Martin explains the evidence supporting the impact hypothesis, which suggests a cosmic impact contributed to the dramatic cooling of our Earth during the YD period (approximately 12,800-11,600 years ago).

We then discuss how the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis relates to the broader debate of catastrophism vs. gradualism. We next discuss Göbekli Tepe’s Vulture stone, the Taurid meteor stream, and the archaeoastronomical alignments at the site. Next, Martin and I discuss comet decay, the geological signals at impact sites across the globe, the lunar cycle and the Urtha man. We end the conversation considering what historical sites may still remain uncovered and what Göbekli Tepe could mean for the dating of the Sphinx.

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Recorded: 12/08/22. Published: 12/22/22.

Outro: "The Younger Dryas Impact Theory" (starts at 1:06:42).

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Check out the resources mentioned:

• Firestone, et. al., “Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling” - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0706977104


• Sweatman, Prehistory Decoded - https://www.amazon.com/Prehistory-Decoded-Martin-Sweatman/dp/178901638X


• Sweatman, “The Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis” - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103677


• Powell, “Premature rejection in science: The case of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis” - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00368504211064272

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