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from the truth than we ever imagined. Adam's Calendar 2008 (3)
firmly places the many ancient ruins of southern Africa at a About Me
point in history some 100,000 years ago that we modern
humans have never faced before. It takes us further back
in time, closer to the emergence of Homo sapiens, than
any other structure ever found to date, and it will force
historians and archaeologists to reconsider ancient
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genetics, human history and music. Before he began his
research/writing
career, he was an
acclaimed musical
performer and
songwriter in South
Africa and then a
sound designer and
editor based in Los
Angeles, USA. He
has also worked as
an actor, a
screenplay writer and a radio/TV producer/ presenter
specialising in science and technology. Tellinger set up
his own publishing company, Zulu Planet Publishers, and
is the author of Slave Species of god (2005), Adam's
Calendar (with Johan Heine, 2008) and Temples of the
African Gods (also with Johan Heine, 2009; see review in
this edition). He is a member/director of the MaKomati
Foundation, a non-profit organisation established in 2003
to research, protect, maintain and promote the ancient
ruins of Mpumalanga in South Africa.
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