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Richard Erickson has thrown textbook Elam into Bedlam

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    Fig. 2 – Application of Prof. Steinkeller’s route to an experimental Anatolian context   “However despite this work, no city on this route beyond Der has ever been found, excavated, correlated with modern towns or ruins, or otherwise precisely located in western Iran where they are supposed to be. There are no accurate points of latitude and longitude or modern geographic coordinates”.   Richard Erickson   Another brilliant geographical article by Richard Erickson on this subject (2023):   The Great Trans-Elam Highway: Travel, Trade and Warfare Between Elam and Ur III Sumeria (2119 BC -2004 BC   (6) The Great Trans-Elam Highway: Travel, Trade and Warfare Between Elam and Ur III Sumeria (2119 BC -2004 BC   Richard Erickson has written (pp. 2-6):   ….   Overview of Professor Steinkeller’s Route.   Ancient Elam had a long common border with the area later called Babylonia, which included the ...

Neanderthals could speak

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      “As well as archaeological artefacts, researchers also point to similarities in their vocal anatomy with modern humans and their known cognitive abilities. Neanderthals had larger brains, on average, than modern humans and while this doesn’t mean they were necessarily smarter, it does suggest they were a highly intelligent species - just like us”. Will Newton     This comes as no surprise whatsoever to me (Damien Mackey). See e.g. my articles:   Neanderthals need to be re-written   (5) Neanderthals need to be rewritten   Messing with the Neanderthals   (5) Messing with the Neanderthals   See also Dr. Jack Cuozzo’s book:   And, again:   New Shocking Discovery About Neanderthals Changes EVERYTHING!   Recent discoveries have revealed that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle...