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The Mysterious Origins of Man is a pseudoarchaeological television special that originally aired on NBC on February 25, 1996. Hosted by Charlton Heston, the program presents the fringe theory that mankind has lived on the Earth for tens of millions of years, and that mainstream scientists have suppressed the fossil evidence for this. Some material included was based on Forbidden Archeology, a book written by Hindu creationists Michael Cremo and Richard L. Thompson about anomalous archeological finds reported mainly in early scientific journals.
The film covers topics such as The Paluxy tracks, the Zuiyo-maru carcass, the Missing Link, the Java Man, Lucy, Tiwanaku, Stonehenge, the Giza pyramids, the Piri Reis map, Atlantis, and the Pole shift hypothesis.
Original Release
02/25/1996
US Release
03/25/1996
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Charlton Heston | Self - Host |
| Richard L. Thompson | Self - Mathematician, Co-author 'Forbidden Archaeology' |
| Michael Cremo | Self - Researcher, Co-author 'Forbidden Archaeology' |
| Virginia Steen-McIntyre | Self - Geologist |
| Carl Baugh | Self - Anthropologist |
| Dale Peterson | Self - Author |
| Don Patton | Self - Geologist |
| David Childress | Self - Author & Researcher |
| Richard Milton | Self - Jounalist, Author 'Shattering the Myths of Darwinism' |
| Arthur Posnansky | Self - Archeologist |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Charlton Heston | Self - Host |
| Richard L. Thompson | Self - Mathematician, Co-author 'Forbidden Archaeology' |
| Michael Cremo | Self - Researcher, Co-author 'Forbidden Archaeology' |
| Virginia Steen-McIntyre | Self - Geologist |
| Carl Baugh | Self - Anthropologist |
| Dale Peterson | Self - Author |
| Don Patton | Self - Geologist |
| David Childress | Self - Author & Researcher |
| Richard Milton | Self - Jounalist, Author 'Shattering the Myths of Darwinism' |
| Arthur Posnansky | Self - Archeologist |
| Neil Steede | Self - Archeologist |
| Oswaldo Rivera | Self - Archeologist |
| Graham Hancock | Self - Journalist, Author 'Fingerprints of the Gods' |
| John Anthony West | Self - Egyptologist |
| Robert Bauval | Self - Astronomer, Engineer |
| Rand Flem-Ath | Self - Researcher, Author 'When the Sky Fell' |
| Irina Balabanova | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Michael Gerber | Executive Producer |
| Robert Watts | Executive Producer |
| Bill Cote | Producer |
| John Cheshire | Producer |
| Carol Cote | Producer |
| Marianne McCune | Producer |
