About the SIS

Many scientists believe that the age of the dinosaurs ended when the Earth was hit by a meteorite, the resulting blast and climatic changes consigning them to history. But there is evidence to suggest that similar global catastrophes have occurred during mankind's history, caused by a meteorite, or even larger cosmic body.

Astronomy: Many of the planets and their moons show signs of upheaval. Uranus is tilted at 98-degrees, Venus rotates "backwards", Saturn's moon Mimas shows a crater so large that it was almost destroyed, and the asteroid belt was perhaps a planet that actually exploded.

Geology: The Earth in particular is littered with the evidence of devastation: in Siberia, entire forests are found uprooted intermingled with ash, fossilized charcoal, and animal skeletons. In Alaska, trees are found twisted and torn together with the dismembered animal remains.

Evolution: Perhaps the catastrophic devastation and severe changes in climate accelerated the evolutionary process.

Psychology: If mankind witnessed such catastrophic devastation, he could not have been unaffected by all the death and destruction, becoming ingrained in his very psyche.

Oral traditions: Survivors will have told their stories to their children, and formed the basis of their legends. Unable to understand some of the stories, without knowing about earlier catastrophes, legends will have become myths.

Rock art: In pre-history, mankind recorded catastrophic events in drawings.

Religion: Mankind's experiences of successive catastrophes, may have appeared to have been caused by heavenly gods wielding thunderbolts, fire and brimstone.

Linguistics: As language developed, it was influenced by memories of catastrophes. e.g. the word "disaster" coming from "evil star", echoing fears of catastrophe of cosmic origin.

Interdisciplinary: Taken together, the evidence is corroborative and extensive, even if it can be explained in other ways.



		Introduction to Catastrophism, Chronology... ...and its interdisciplinary nature