Was The Telescope Invented Millions of Years Ago?

Prehistoric civilizations

When did humans first appear on earth is an age old question and of course the answer to that will vary depending on what you believe. Most science texts will say that the first modern humans evolved in Africa some 250,000 years ago. Evidence for fairly sophisticated political and social organization has been identified in Mesopotamia as long ago as 4700 BC; but most of the post-Neolithic societies that we consider 'civilizations' are dated beginning just about 3000 BC.

And we've all see historical movies, neanderthals living in caves using stone tools, eating raw meat, afraid of fire. Even when civilizations started to form people were still living pretty simple and technologically un-advanced lives. I mean even toilet paper was not invented or used until the 6th century, do you know what people did before toilet paper? The Romans used a communal sponge on a stick, i mean really? Hey are you done with that sponge yet? oh good, hand it over. The greeks used stones and clay, the the early American decided that sounded too wimpy and decided to use corn cobs. A little segway, I heard this joke from an older generation Chinese friend of mine and since we're on this topic i'm gonna tell you guys this joke....

The La Marche caves in west-central France contain depictions dated over 14,000 years old, of people with short hair, groomed beards, tailored clothing, riding horseback and suited in modern style, not the animal-skin wearing women clubbing caveman type.

These paintings were confirmed as genuine in 2002. Investigators, such as Michael Rappenglueck of the University of Munich, insist that these important artifacts are simply ignored by modern science.

Some of the stones from La Marche cave are on display at Paris's Museum of Man, but the ones that clearly portray prehistoric people with advanced culture and thought are not to be seen.

When we speak about telescopes, the name Galileo Galilei may come to mind, as he was credited for inventing the telescope in 1609. A stone found in Peru believed by some to have been engraved as long as 65 million years ago, however, shows a human figure holding a telescope and observing the stars.

About 10,000 stones housed in the Cabrera Museum in Ica, Peru, show prehistoric humans wearing headdresses, clothes, and shoes. The stones depict scenes similar to organ transplants, cesarean sections, and blood transfusions—and some even show encounters with dinosaurs.

While some say the stones are fake, Dr. Dennis Swift, who studied archaeology at the University of New Mexico, documented in his book "Secrets of the Ica Stones and Nazca Lines" evidence that the stones date back to Pre-Columbian times.

Swift says one of the reasons the stones were considered fake in the 1960s is that, at the time, it was believed dinosaurs walked dragging their tails, but the stones depict dinosaurs with their tails up, and thus were thought to be inaccurate.

Later studies showed, however, that dinosaurs likely walked with their tails up, as depicted on the stones.

Again, lets keep an open mind and so mayyyybeee advance civilizations could have survived on earth 65 million years ago and they had a telescope, that's not very advanced. Well check this out.

In 1972, a French factory imported uranium ore from Oklo, in Africa's Gabon Republic. To its surprise, it found the uranium had already been extracted. They found the site of origin to be a large-scale highly advanced nuclear reactor that came into being...wait for it... 1.8 BILLION years ago and was in operation for some wait for it again 500,000 YEARS.

Scientists gathered to investigate, with many explaining it away as a wondrous, yet natural, phenomenon.

Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, former head of the United States Atomic Energy Commission and Nobel Prize winner for his work in the synthesis of heavy elements, believes it wasn't a natural phenomenon, and thus must be a man-made nuclear reactor.

He says For uranium to "burn" in a reaction, very precise conditions are needed.

I barely passed chemistry so this pretty ironic but
The water must be extremely pure, for one. Much purer than exists naturally anywhere in the world.

Furthermore, the moderator and the fuel must be extremely pure. Even a few parts per million of contaminant, such as boron, will poison the reaction, bringing it to a halt.

Also The material U-235 is necessary for nuclear fission to occur. It is one of the isotopes found naturally in uranium. Several specialists in reactor engineering have said they believe the uranium in Oklo could not have been rich enough in U-235 for a reaction to take place naturally.

Furthermore, it seems the reactor was more advanced than anything we could build today. It was several miles in length and the thermal impact to its environment was limited to 40 meters (about 131 feet) on all sides. The radioactive waste is still contained by surrounding geological elements and has not migrated beyond the mine site