Human Devolution

by Michael A. Cremo

In their controversial bestseller ***Forbidden Archeology***, Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson *documented evidence showing that humans have existed on earth for hundreds of millions of years* and catalyzed a global inquiry. Such anomalous evidence, contradicting Darwinian evolution, catalyzed a global inquiry: “If we did not evolve from apes then where did we come from?” ***Human Devolution*** is Michael A. Cremo’s definitive answer to that question: “We did not evolve up from matter; instead we devolved, or came down, from the realm of pure consciousness, spirit.” Basing his response on modern science and the world’s great wisdom traditions, including the **Vedic philosophy of ancient India**, Cremo proposes that before we ask the question, “Where did human beings come from?” we should first contemplate, **“What is a human being?”** For much of the twentieth century, most scientists assumed that a human being is simply a combination of ordinary physical elements. In Human Dev