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Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling.
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The overall tone reflects strong support for the impact hypothesis, as seen in comments like 'mountain of evidence' and 'cataclysmic events', with some participants referencing scientific studies and geological evidence. The language varies from cautious scientific support to more speculative and dramatic descriptions, demonstrating both interest and engagement with the topic's significance.
Most discussions support the idea that the impact hypothesis explains environmental changes and megafauna extinctions, with some urging verification and others reaffirming its significance.
Posts show high curiosity about the subject, with references to scientific evidence, reactions to the paper, and discussions about its implications for Earth's history.
Many users cite specific studies, mention related findings, and debate their credibility, indicating a moderate level of deep engagement.
The discourse suggests the hypothesis influences perspectives on Earth's history and extinction events, though the controversy indicates an ongoing debate rather than decisive impact.
Abstract in brief
- The text discusses evidence of an extraterrestrial impact event around 12,900 years ago, linked to major environmental changes like the Younger Dryas cooling, megafaunal extinctions, and shifts in human behavior during the end of the Clovis culture.
- Evidence supporting this impact includes a black carbon-rich layer containing magnetic grains, iridium, microspherules, charcoal, soot, nanodiamonds, fullerenes, and ET helium, which is found across North America and specific geological features called Carolina Bays.
- The authors hypothesize that a large extraterrestrial object exploded over northern North America, causing environmental disruptions such as ice sheet destabilization, biomass burning, and food shortages, which contributed to the abrupt climatic cooling and mass extinctions.]
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Most liked on X and Blueskyhttps://t.co/Vu2fJDSQS9 A fundie freak job said I was a Satan worshiper because I read research papers - Maybe more people should do their own research and discover the world! (God gave us a brain to USE, by the way)
Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH) Update https://t.co/9o57n7Sncg For: https://t.co/Jg2sNYkBVR Paper: https://t.co/Aik4QoTezr Against: https://t.co/f0HQcucsq5 Original paper ('07): https://t.co/uD7My9uWBi What say you?
@EpistemiclyRich @jonatanpallesen https://t.co/thP0jRfN7C
@92michael @Third_Eye_Seeks @joerogan @randallwcarlson @JahannahJames @BrightInsight6 @AHC_Channel @ancient_view @HiddenKnowledg9 @hiddenincatours @TheResident @_kez26 @VioletNeill1 @AArchitectsYT @derek_olson_ @Megalith_Hunter @MEGALITHOMANIA @megportal @BeStillandKno12 @MC_Floh Or made them vanish completely, like the Clovis people, and the megafauna extinction that accompanied their disappearance. One of the earliest papers from 2007, now widely cited: https://t.co/x7RoeJx0MG
@thesedgehog @boneyardak These bone piles are where the bodies all piled up. Impact event followed by catastrophic flooding. I have seen these type of places all over. See https://t.co/aOP97yIUPL
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@CQRadio14 @Aesiric_Media @more_amalek Here's a paper on the subject. https://t.co/a3Rmufe8Vz
Como dije al principio, no estoy suponiendo nada sin respaldo. Teorizando? Puede ser. Dejo fuentes: https://t.co/XWCkqyGFQF https://t.co/u8mjFXNQu4 https://t.co/B9Ufwzh8ZO https://t.co/FbLcUfMKq2
@controscience @boneyardak https://t.co/aOP97yIUPL
@thesedgehog @boneyardak These bone piles are where the bodies all piled up. Impact event followed by catastrophic flooding. I have seen these type of places all over. See https://t.co/aOP97yIUPL
@JLopean @GrogsGamut The evidence shows the regions that saw rapid climate change during the Younger Dryas also suffered mass extinctions of megafauna. Why you seem to think you know better that the planet's best researchers in this area is beyond me https://t.co/IJeKAXekfi https://t.co/borMTbqgiH
@BunnyandThorton 2007 https://t.co/aOP97yIUPL
@infinity888sol @boneyardak Probably charcoal see Firestone's research https://t.co/aOP97yIUPL
This is the story of the worst day on Earth, and it blows my mind that barely 100,000 people have read it. This paper has been backed up by a mountain of evidence that would put Everest to shame. https://t.co/ZU96DuFj3T https://t.co/IycTO8Jf3b
This is the story of the worst day on Earth, and it blows my mind that barely 100,000 people have read it. This paper has now been backed up by a mountain of evidence that would put Everest to shame. https://t.co/ZU96DuFj3T https://t.co/7Ircu5YgY9
@Pooyamax @MomAngtrades @elonmusk Because civilization could be wiped out on the planet because of an impact or solar flare that triggers earthquakes and volcanoes. https://t.co/GmuQ5KczWG
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@EpistemiclyRich @jonatanpallesen https://t.co/thP0jRfN7C
RT @ConspiracyCCT: Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH) Update https://t.co/9o57n7Sncg For: https://t.co/Jg2sNYkBVR Paper: https://t.co…
Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH) Update https://t.co/9o57n7Sncg For: https://t.co/Jg2sNYkBVR Paper: https://t.co/Aik4QoTezr Against: https://t.co/f0HQcucsq5 Original paper ('07): https://t.co/uD7My9uWBi What say you?
@AJA_Cortes Humans did not wipe out all of the megafauna with sticks. There were major cataclysmic events that coincided with the extinction of the megafauna. https://t.co/0kiQ4LcZ82
@Phi61861 @Graham__Hancock Well read this, or if this isn't up to standard try youre own search theres 100s by academics. https://t.co/QpcvRpQZZQ
RT @wavetossed: @SunWeatherMan It would be interesting for you to do an AMA specifically on the Creative Society .@CreativeScty, and their…
@SunWeatherMan It would be interesting for you to do an AMA specifically on the Creative Society .@CreativeScty, and their so-called CLIMATE MODEL which includes Solar Forcing and evidence of cyclic catastrophe such as this paper: https://t.co/lEwOzf57V3
@creepydotorg 10835 BP - keep in mind people are still arguing about this and have since about 2007 now. https://t.co/Xz0mKr5zIY
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@AdubColtsfan @robbswallace @JenResistedAGN Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling https://t.co/k5WVofOrvT
@DeDunkingPast @BadScienceNews @DrDavidMiano @MTB_Archaeology @GeorgiaCraters I would check the different papers they have published and look for this: This paper that has nothing to do with the YDIH has this section: https://t.co/8oWZhtFkEM And the original YDIH paper published in the same journal, lacks data availability: https://t.co/gG8FYsat5y https://t.co/w8mnOPKI9Y
@BrightInsight6 Obviosly they were superior to us in shaping and transporting ridiculously heavy stones. They wouldn´t do it if it had been too difficult, as it would be with tools they used 3-4000 years ago. The yonger dryas impact ended this Civilization. https://t.co/sOJb357lcS
@Eposmail @Leonardobecchet Ed eccoti i dati (magnetici, polveri, analisi chimiche) che condermano che il Dryas fu causato da un grande meteorite... https://t.co/ORIgiaB2no
Muchos, tanto las antiguas tradiciones egipcias, sumerias, vehdicas, etc, hablan de un cataclismo que se dió hace unos 11500 años y fue responsable de la extinción de casi toda la megafauna . https://t.co/ARDAbcjXDP Parece que causado por impacto de un cometa-meteorito. https://t.co/nGu0VFzQjI
https://t.co/GGv0JYKMd3 "Brakenridge (10) postulated that a supernova killed the megafauna and caused the worldwide deposition of the black layer. Clube and Napier (11) proposed ..."
@DanielTuijnman Het originele artikel wel: "an extraterrestrial (ET) impact event at ~12.9 ka, which we hypothesize caused abrupt environmental changes that contributed to YD cooling, ... and rapid human behavioral shifts at the end of the Clovis Period." https://t.co/38ydFxdeCy
@jordanbpeterson Without the Earth as our mother, there would be no such thing as motherhood at all. But you're probably right about the indigenous and the NA Pleistocene megafauna. possibly a cosmic event might account for some of these extinctions. https://t.co/mmAApVDt5Z
@_ClimateCraze https://t.co/kYRzZtGetW https://t.co/zkWy0YzwsZ
@BrockRiddickIFB @My18019926 all mammals larger than 400 pounds (elephants, sloths, Pleistocene armadillos, and camels all disappeared from North America at that time, along with ALL ‘Clovis culture’ camps. https://t.co/q6CnXNRHKU
Article can be read in full here: https://t.co/oZTPzyuNQn Much has been written on the topic since then.
@sitbedu https://t.co/fGEhVWac5V
@clif_high Could the taurid impact that caused the Younger Dryas have been an attack? https://t.co/bDAcC5uts5
12,900 年前に地球外からの衝突があり、巨大動物の絶滅とヤンガードリアスの冷却に貢献した証拠 https://t.co/37DL6h17iN
@SoilManDan @AncientPuzzles @KUHoopes @joerogan @Graham__Hancock @FlintDibble Awesome, that was easy, these guys will make much better guests on Joe's show. https://t.co/TK8tYQVT5y
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@richardwakelin3 @ChrisBBacon3 @JustinGrant923 @JohnMcGoo5 @Kenneth72712993 @jimdtweet @shicks_sam @BubbasRanch @MikeDel21893959 @NewNormality20 @Moderna5G_666 @aSinister @pauladamsalber1 @dan613 @CrispyCX @mugger124 @MartinJBern @CDMarshall7 @NoelTurner194 @Jeffrey75327765 @WayneAllanH @rln_nelson @wlbeeton @starkicus @variegated2 @Michael_D_Crow @la6uoa @freddie07068768 @MedBennett @automatrix66_KC @Veritatem2021 @0Sundance @Narvuntien @Matt_Clough @Jagster20548365 @robhon_ @Grimasaur @CarrudoDon @ponycar06 @njbtweet @priscian @aaa21usa @RandolphDoGood1 @josephenicholas @RealMikeDelta1 @SumErgoMonstro @BradSchrag @SZOMB @keithamccluskey @Skrued1 Can you concentrate long enough for a science paper? This one also proposes a mechanism for the rapid change. Do you think it was good for life on the planet then? https://t.co/5YUJa2YtFe
@ismjism @JacquelynGill Jusmusm - If you're taking specifically about the YD impact hypothesis, the original paper was by Firestone et al (PNAS, 2007 https://t.co/2u0yFGIyuP). It was pretty immediately controversial and still is (e.g., Pinter et al., 2011 https://t.co/rr34jofZVg)
https://t.co/Vu2fJDSQS9 and a paper mentioning the rejection of this work https://t.co/jYJ9sy51kg I saw it MANY times when reading research papers about this certain virus we locked down the world for - https://t.co/7qbHhKjxhO
@chkwingslutz @JesseMock42 I noticed that when I started to read argument papers like these: https://t.co/Vu2fJDSQS9 and https://t.co/jYJ9sy51kg
@ceciliawinter Människans intrång i känslig fauna är huvudorsaken. Den senaste massutrotningen inträffade så sent som för 13000 år sedan. Förmodligen därför Gobekli Tepe medvetet lades under jord... https://t.co/sOJb34PJOi
@LastChairbender @conspiracyb0t https://t.co/Vu2fJDSQS9 I have been a BIG believer of "alternate history" "scientists" are STILL fighting against this theory
RT @TemplarScribe: @92michael @Third_Eye_Seeks @joerogan @randallwcarlson @JahannahJames @BrightInsight6 @AHC_Channel @ancient_view @Hidden…
@92michael @Third_Eye_Seeks @joerogan @randallwcarlson @JahannahJames @BrightInsight6 @AHC_Channel @ancient_view @HiddenKnowledg9 @hiddenincatours @TheResident @_kez26 @VioletNeill1 @AArchitectsYT @derek_olson_ @Megalith_Hunter @MEGALITHOMANIA @megportal @BeStillandKno12 @MC_Floh Or made them vanish completely, like the Clovis people, and the megafauna extinction that accompanied their disappearance. One of the earliest papers from 2007, now widely cited: https://t.co/x7RoeJx0MG
https://t.co/Vu2fJDSQS9 A fundie freak job said I was a Satan worshiper because I read research papers - Maybe more people should do their own research and discover the world! (God gave us a brain to USE, by the way)
@IAmEzekiel336 The Sun The year 2030 has meaning to those who believe in cyclical Earth changes and cataclysms. Notice how that year, 2030, is used everywhere by the climate "alarmists" https://t.co/Vu2fJDSQS9 and https://t.co/Gd5fJH0LRA since when does porn found on a PC close a gov. office?
RT @Cornczech: https://t.co/Vu2fJDSQS9 or https://t.co/7CZaUwVWHA https://t.co/lzudMFJQPl
https://t.co/Vu2fJDSQS9 or https://t.co/7CZaUwVWHA https://t.co/lzudMFJQPl
@AlexEpstein @BostonGlobe https://t.co/jYJ9sy51kg No, it's more like every 12,000 years or so, the Earth undergoes a major cataclysm - This paper addressed the beginning of the Younger Dryas. https://t.co/Vu2fJDSQS9
@ringinabell I just finished reading "Magicians of the Gods" last week - which prompted me to research the YD and I came across a paper that was submitted about it - https://t.co/jYJ9sy51kg and https://t.co/Vu2fJDSQS9
@mpoumpivol2 Λογικά θα έχεις ακούσει για την περίοδο του Younger Dryas? https://t.co/U8XnKI7EFB https://t.co/b5vvpvod9U Επίσης Doggerland, Göbekli Tepe; Ποτέ δε ξες...That's all I am saying
@enithka .do doet het nog prima? alleen DOI van dat artikeltje doet het niet. Dit is Firestone et al. 2007. "Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling." doi:10.1073/pnas.0706977104 https://t.co/IPR2S0kTRZ