Histoire et archéologie : Qu'est-ce que l'archéologie ? Le touri 'British Archaeology' home page Archeology in Peru Cliodynamics SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE D'ARCHÉOLOGIE Mysterious Pyramid Baffles Chinese Scientists No one seems to know the origin or the meaning behind a mysterious pyramid that sits atop Mount Baigong in western China that local legends claim is an alien UFO launch tower. Nine scientists form the team that will travel to the western province of Qinghai and the mouth of this 165-198 foot tall structure known as the “ET Relics.” “The pyramid has three caves with openings shaped like triangles on its façade and is filled with red-hued pipes leading into the mountain and a nearby salt water lake,” says China’s state-run Xinhua agency. To add to the mystery, iron debris and unusually shaped stones are scattered about the desolate area. “The theory that the pyramid was created by extra terrestrials is “understandable and worth looking into…but scientific means must be employed to prove whether or not it is true,” says Yang Ji, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. On the beach at nearby Toson Lake, many strangely-shaped iron pipes lay amid the sands and rocks. (Link)
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Peter Turchin's Web Page Professor (Ph.D., Duke University) Curriculum Vita Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut 75 N. Tel: (860) 486-3603; Fax: (860) 486-6364 E-Mail: Peter.Turchin@UConn.edu I am professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and adjunct in the departments of Anthropology and Mathematics at the University of Connecticut. Editor-in-Chief of Cliodynamics: The Journal of Theoretical and Mathematical History Editor, the Social Evolution Forum Current Areas of Research I was trained as a theoretical biologist, but my current research interests lie within the fields of Cultural Evolution and Historical Social Dynamics (Cliodynamics). Although we have recently made great strides in understanding how human sociality evolved in the context of small groups integrated by face-to-face interactions, we still lack understanding of how humans became an ultrasocial species. More details are on my Cliodynamics web page Books: Turchin P, Nefedov SA. 2009.