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The violent birth of modern man: The incredible ancient stone carvings that reveal how a devastating comet impact 13,000 years ago killed thousands, altered the climate and triggered the rise of the first civilizations<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Scientists were analyzing symbols carved on pillars at Gobekli Tepe in Turkey<\/strong><\/li>\n
Using memorial carvings they pinpointed a comet impact to around 11,000BC<\/strong><\/li>\n
The comet triggered a mini ice age that lasted 1,000 years<\/strong><\/li>\n
This ice age forced humans to develop farming techniques to grow their crops<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Ancient symbols carved into stone at an archaeological site in Turkey <\/a>tell the story of a devastating comet impact that triggered a mini ice age more than 13,000 years ago, scientists believe.<\/p>\n
Evidence from the carvings, made on a pillar known as the Vulture Stone, suggests that a swarm of comet fragments hit the Earth in around 11000 BC.<\/p>\n
One image of a headless man is thought to symbolize human disaster and extensive loss of life.<\/p>\n
The devastating event, which wiped out creatures such as woolly mammoths, also helped spark the rise of civilization.<\/p>\n
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Ancient stone carvings confirm that a swarm of comets hit Earth 13,000 years ago sparking the rise of civilizations and wiping out the woolly mammoth. Pictured are the stone carvings used in the team’s research, found on pillar 43 or ‘the Vulture Stone’ at Gobekli Tepe in Turkey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Gobleki Tepe is thought to be the world’s oldest temple site.<\/p>\n
Estimates suggest it dates back to around 9,000BC.<\/p>\n
It is 6,000 years older than Stonehenge.<\/p>\n
The carvings found by the team remained important to the people of Gobekli Tepe for millennia.<\/p>\n
This suggests that the event and cold climate that followed the comet had a serious impact.<\/p>\n
The team suggest the images were intended as a record of the cataclysmic event.<\/p>\n
They claim that a carving showing a headless man may indicate human disaster and extensive loss of life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Scientists have speculated for decades that a comet could have caused the sharp drop in temperature during a period known as the Younger Dryas.<\/p>\n
The Younger Dryas is seen as a crucial period in humanity’s history as it coincides with the beginnings of agriculture and the first Neolithic civilisations.<\/p>\n
Scientists were analysing the mysterious symbols carved onto stone pillars at Gobekli Tepe in southern Turkey to find out if they could be linked to constellations.<\/p>\n
Engineers from the University of Edinburgh studied animal carvings made on a pillar \u2013 known as the vulture stone \u2013 at the site.<\/p>\n
By interpreting the animals as astronomical symbols, and using computer software to match their positions to patterns of stars, researchers dated the event to 10,950BC.<\/p>\n
It probably resulted from the break-up of a giant comet in the inner solar system.<\/p>\n
This is around the time the Younger Dryas period began according to ice core data from Greenland, which pinpoints the event to 10,890BC.<\/p>\n
Before the comet strike, large fields of barley and wheat had allowed roaming hunters in the Middle East to set up permanent base camps.<\/p>\n
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Evidence from the carvings, made on a pillar known as the Vulture Stone, suggests that a swarm of comet fragments hit the Earth in around 11000 BC. The different symbols, said to tell the story, are labeled in the graphic above<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
But the ice-cold conditions created by the impact forced these hunters to band together and find new ways to grow crops.<\/p>\n
They developed watering and selective breeding to help their crops last against the harsh climate, forming modern farming practices.<\/p>\n
The carvings appear to have remained important to the people of Gobekli Tepe for millennia, the Edinburgh researchers said.<\/p>\n
This suggests that the event and cold climate that followed likely had a serious impact.<\/p>\n
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The comet’s impact killed thousands of people and triggered a mini ice age that lasted more than 1,000 years. Pictured is a replica of the Vulture Stone at Sanliurfa Museum in Turkey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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By interpreting the animals as astronomical symbols, and using computer software to match their positions to patterns of stars, researchers dated the event to 10,950BC. This image shows the position of the sun and stars on the summer solstice of 10,950BC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The team suggest the images were intended as a record of the cataclysmic event.<\/p>\n
A further carving showing a headless man may indicate human disaster and extensive loss of life, they said.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, symbolism on the pillars indicates that the long-term changes in Earth’s rotational axis was recorded at this time using an early form of writing.<\/p>\n
The symbolism suggests that G?bekli Tepe was an observatory for meteors and comets.<\/p>\n
The find supports a theory that Earth is likely to experience periods when comet strikes are more likely, owing to Earth’s orbit intersecting orbiting rings of comet fragments in space.<\/p>\n
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Stone pillars at Gobleki Tepe, thought to be the world’s oldest temple site. Scientists have speculated for decades that a comet could have caused the sharp drop in temperature during a period known as the Younger Dryas around 11,000BC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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More stone pillars found at the Gobleki Tepe temple site. The Younger Dryas is seen as a crucial period in humanity’s history as it coincides with the beginnings of agriculture and the first Neolithic civilizations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Dr Martin Sweatman, of the University of Edinburgh’s School of Engineering, who led the research, said: ‘I think this research, along with the recent finding of a widespread platinum anomaly across the North American continent, virtually seal the case in favour of (a Younger Dryas comet impact).<\/p>\n
‘Our work serves to reinforce that physical evidence. What is happening here is the process of paradigm change.<\/p>\n
‘It appears G\u00f6bekli Tepe was, among other things, an observatory for monitoring the night sky.<\/p>\n
‘One of its pillars seems to have served as a memorial to this devastating event \u2013 probably the worst day in history since the end of the ice age.’<\/p>\n
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Scientists were analyzing the mysterious symbols carved onto stone pillars at Gobekli Tepe in southern Turkey to find out if they could be linked to constellations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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