Book: The secrets of the origin of mankind

S. N. Kramer, on the basis of the analysis of the Sumerian texts, says that "the thinkers of Sumer, in accordance with their world view, not too believed in man and his destiny. They were firmly convinced that man fashioned from clay and are generally created by the gods just to bring them food and drink, to build their sanctuary and in every way to serve them, so that the gods could, nothing to worry, to do his divine deeds. Life, according to this worldview, full of uncertainty and unexpected dangers, because people may not know in advance your fate, which ordered the gods in their incomprehensible wisdom".

But, as one wise person, no matter how ridiculous or even absurd it may seem version, it is better to put forward and understanding, like it or not, to move forward, rather than believing that nothing new can be, to stand still.

In the thirties of the last century the expedition. K. Roerich conducted research in the Gobi desert. Was collected a very rich material, but Roerich was delayed because noticed on the melted stones and realized that the earth was entirely parched. To the structure of stones such changes have occurred, the necessary temperature above thousands of degrees. Napalm, which can maintain an appropriate level of the combustion was invented only in 1942, and a nuclear weapon until 1945.

There is a curious physiological experience, held several times by scientists from different countries to find out how fast are the internal biological clock of a person. Man is placed in a closed space where nothing can tell him any time. First experimental live according to the usual 24-hour cycle, the sleep and wakefulness begin to shift and come into total chaos, then many people stabiliziruemost the sleep and energy mode 36-hour day.