These objects, known as ooparts are on rare occasions validated as 
authentic(such as the Piri Reis map). The trouble is that the conclusions 
drawn from them are invariably dubious and illogical - in the case of the 
Piri Reis map, a vague outline of a Southern Continent was drawn  on the map 
which some people in modern times have claimed was Antarctica - they 
conveniently forgot that it was customary for ancient explorers to draw a 
huge southern continent on ancient maps, because of a vague hope/belief  
that there was a gigantic continent covering most of the southern hemisphere 
- of course as exploration of the world  continued, these artificial 
"reconstructions" of the continent greatly diminished in size, in tandem.

(Incidentally, according to the Wikipedia page on ooparts, only one oopart 
has ever been proved to be authentic. It was a coin made by Vikings which 
was found in  a Native-American settlement. So it proves that either Vikings 
settled the Americas well before Columbus, or that Indians traded with the 
Vikings by sea, and that the coin travelled, via trade-links to that 
settlement).

Aside from that, almost every page supporting the oopart-theory re a more 
ancient origin of Mankind, tends to part of web-archives which also focus on 
Von-Daeniken-esque theories re UFOs etc. - which is not exactly promising.

Geoff


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>Subject: Man as old as coal
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>"There was a time when Conrad regarded the integrity of the scientific
>establishment as beyond reproach. But after seven years of dealing with
>paleontologists and archaeologists, he said he has found them to be a
>devious and untrustworthy bunch whose actions in relation to him have been
>downright dishonest and deceitful."
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>Hm.
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>William
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