Ancient Aliens: A Response
July 9, 2019
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This has to be the most requested video topic in channel history. So here we go. I'm going to do a debunking of the ancient astronaut or ancient aliens theory made popular by the history channel series ancient aliens.
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Cast:
Tristan Johnson
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Isaac Arthur
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Sources:
Däniken, Erich von (1972). Chariots of the Gods. Berkley Publishing Group. ISBN 0-425-16680-5.
Garrett G. Fagan, ed., Archaeological Fantasies: How Pseudoarchaeology Misrepresents the Past and Misleads the Public (Routledge, new edition, 2006). ISBN 978-0415305938
Kenneth L. Feder, Encyclopedia of Dubious Archaeology: From Atlantis to The Walam Olum (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2010). ISBN 978-0-313-37918-5
Gregory, Timothy E., "Pseudoarchaeology".
Carroll, Robert Todd, "Pseudohistory". The Skeptic's Dictionary.
"The Territory of Pseudoarchaeology" SFU museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
Feder, Kenneth L. , "Archaeological Institute hosts workshop session on Combating Pseudoarchaeology". Skeptical Inquirer, May, 2002.
West, John Anthony, "An Open Letter to the Editors of Archaeology". Archaeology, May/June 2003. [Special Section]
Zimmerman, Larry J., and Richard A. Fox, Jr., "Fantastic Archaeology".
Feder, Kenneth. (2010). Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology. London: McGraw Hill.
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