Michael Cremo | Extreme Out Of Place Artifacts, More Forbidden Archaeology, & Vedic Cosmology

In this in-depth conversation, host Greg Carlwood welcomes back Michael Cremo, the pioneering researcher behind *Forbidden Archaeology*, for a follow-up interview 12 years after their first. Cremo discusses his new book, *Extreme Human Antiquity*, which expands on his decades-long work documenting out-of-place artifacts, human footprints, and ancient bones that challenge the mainstream Darwinian timeline of human evolution. He argues that the scientific establishment systematically suppresses evidence that contradicts its materialist, linear model of human origins through a process he calls 'knowledge filtration.' Cremo emphasizes that while dating methods are imperfect, they provide a necessary framework for debate, and the sheer volume of anomalies—like a 208-million-year-old fossilized shoe print or a human figurine found 300 feet underground—cannot be dismissed as hoaxes without rigorous scrutiny. He then presents the Vedic cosmology as a more comprehensive alternative, proposing that humans are eternal conscious beings temporarily embodied in physical vehicles, with the human form serving as a unique platform for spiritual evolution. This model, he argues, naturally accommodates all the anomalies without requiring constant timeline revisions. Cremo also critiques the historical dismantling of non-Western cosmologies, particularly during colonialism, and exposes how institutions like the Rockefeller Foundation have financially influenced science to maintain materialist control. The conversation concludes with a powerful call to reclaim a consciousness-based worldview as the foundation for a more unified, sustainable, and authentic human future.