US author offers ‘Vedic alternative’ to evolution theory

Kolkata: Offering a "Vedic alternative" to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, an American author has claimed that human beings devolved from the "realm of pure consciousness", as testified by archaeological evidence discovered over the past 150 years.

"We did not evolve up from matter. Instead, we devolved, or came down, from the realm of pure consciousness, spirit," author Michael A. Cremo, said citing many archaeological, psychological and genetic examples.

Cremo was speaking on the occasion of the launch of his book "Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin’s Theory" released by US carmaker and Ford family scion Albert Ford here last evening. Author of the 1993 bestseller ‘Forbidden Archaeology’ that sold over 20 million copies and translated into 23 languages, Cremo claimed archaeological findings disproving Darwin’s theory were being systematically excluded from the academic circles in a bid to "filter" knowledge.

"The problem is Darwinians hold a monopoly in the education system. Students should be exposed to an alternative to his views which is still a theory anyway," he said, adding that the need of the hour was also to open an alternative education system. Pointing out that nearly 80 per cent of people in the US did not believe in Darwin’s theory, Cremo said that his views on evolution were "gradually finding acceptance".

"Of course, there are the fundamentalist Darwinians, but there is a larger group who accept Darwin but want an alternative view. There is yet another group which accept what I am saying," Cremo added.

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