The book's central premise is that anatomically modern humans have existed on Earth for millions, or even billions, of years—far longer than the approximately 200,000 to 300,000 years accepted by mainstream science.
The authors argue that the scientific community employs a "knowledge filter" (a form of confirmation bias) that leads them to ignore, suppress, or explain away archaeological evidence that contradicts the dominant evolutionary paradigm. Forbidden Archeology The Hidden History of the ...
While the book has become an underground classic among alternative history enthusiasts, the mainstream scientific community largely classifies it as or pseudoarchaeology . The book's central premise is that anatomically modern