In this article, we introduce an urban legend that claims that humans have already gone extinct due to a nuclear war. This urban legend is based on the theory that there is a 100,000-year gap in human history. The current civilization may have been rebuilt after the previous one was destroyed by a nuclear war or something else. In this article, we introduce the evidence for this theory, such as ooparts, ancient texts, and ruins.
*This article is based on urban legends and rumors, and the truth cannot be verified. Also, some of the content may be unpleasant for some people, so please be careful.
Is there a 100,000-year gap in human history?
When we trace human history, there is a 100,000-year period that we don’t know what they were doing, from the birth of Homo sapiens to the present day. Homo sapiens first appeared in Africa about 300,000 years ago. However, considering that the current civilization has developed in just a few thousand years, it is unnatural to think that they spent 100,000 years without any development, just hunting and simple farming.
“Maybe there was a civilization we don’t know about in this blank period, and it disappeared without a trace?”
This is the mystery of the 100,000-year gap.
Ooparts show the collapse of ancient civilizations
Ooparts are ancient artifacts that do not fit the time or place where they were found. Ooparts suggest that there were ancient civilizations that had technology and knowledge that cannot be explained by current science. There are various types of ooparts, but some of them support the collapse of civilization by nuclear war.
For example, in the ruins of the Indus civilization (2500 BC - 1500 BC) in India and Pakistan, glass-like stones made of melted sand, bricks that melted and stuck together, pots that were twisted or had bubbles mixed in them were found. These are phenomena that are thought to have been caused by high temperatures and shock waves generated by nuclear explosions.
Also, in ancient texts from India and China, weapons and airplanes that emit light and heat stronger than the sun appear. These are similar to modern nuclear weapons and aircraft, and could be evidence that nuclear war occurred in ancient times.
Statements suggesting the possibility of nuclear war
The possibility of nuclear war is also acknowledged by modern scientists and politicians. For example, Robert Oppenheimer, who was involved in the development of the atomic bomb, said “I have become death” when the atomic bomb was tested for the first time in 1945, quoting from the Indian epic “Bhagavad Gita”. This epic features weapons similar to nuclear weapons.
Also, Harry S. Truman, who was the president of the United States in 1947, said in a speech at the United Nations:
“I want to tell you this. If I’m wrong, I’ll apologize to you. But I don’t think I’m wrong. I want to tell you this. If I’m right, mankind has gone extinct many times before. And it will go extinct again this time.”
This statement implies that nuclear war has occurred in the past and civilization has gone extinct.
The power of nuclear bombs and their impact on civilization
When a nuclear bomb explodes in the air, it creates a fireball with a temperature of several million degrees Celsius and emits heat rays and radiation to the surroundings. At the same time, the air is rapidly heated and expands, creating a powerful shock wave. When this shock wave reaches the ground surface, it causes a large amount of dust and dirt to fly up. In addition, soil and buildings are contaminated by radiation during nuclear explosions and become highly radioactive.
The power of nuclear bombs is tremendous, and historical examples include the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. In Hiroshima, an atomic bomb with a yield of about 14 kilotons (equivalent to about 14 thousand tons of TNT) was dropped, but this alone destroyed about 90% of the city area. In Nagasaki, an atomic bomb with a yield of about 21 kilotons (equivalent to about 21 thousand tons of TNT) was dropped, but this alone destroyed about 60% of the city area. In both cities, more than 200,000 people died.
The impact of a future nuclear war on the earth’s civilization is immeasurable. According to one theory, a total nuclear war would cause a phenomenon called nuclear winter, where the global temperature would drop and crops and animals would die in large numbers. Also, humans may also decrease significantly due to radiation contamination and food shortages.
Has the countdown to human extinction begun?
It is said that the countdown to human extinction has begun. The indicator is the “doomsday clock” that shows the crisis of nuclear war and climate change. The doomsday clock was created by American scientists in 1947, and it shows the time of human extinction as midnight, and its degree of danger as the minute hand.
The doomsday clock is updated every year, and in January 2020, it advanced to the most dangerous state of 100 seconds before. This is the closest distance ever. The doomsday clock takes into account not only nuclear war, but also new threats such as climate change, cyber attacks, and biological weapons.
Can the countdown to human extinction be stopped? Or is it an unavoidable fate? What should we do?
In this article, we introduced an urban legend that claims that humans have already gone extinct due to a nuclear war. This urban legend is based on the theory that there is a 100,000-year gap in human history. The current civilization may have been rebuilt after the previous one was destroyed by a nuclear war or something else. In this article, we introduced the evidence for this theory, such as ooparts, ancient texts, and ruins.
