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Nikkiana Jones, Exploring the Fringe

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DNA, Lost Abilities & the Manoa Expedition with Phil of The Ancient Alternative View — Part 3 of 3 | Classics Rotation

Nikkiana Jones, Exploring the Fringe · Nov 14, 2026 · 20:24

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Nikkiana Jones explains a DNA idea that changed how she thinks about ancestry: beyond about seven generations, you may carry little or nothing from a given ancestor, which she says could explain how Denisovan or Neanderthal traits fade. Phil of The Ancient Alternative View then joins her on human abilities she believes we have forgotten, ending with her story of a jungle expedition and the case for visiting ancient sites in person.

Phil describes Ice Age peoples he says met and swapped families with Neanderthals in Spain, ancient knowledge tied to the stars, and engineered soils such as terra preta. Nikkiana mentions accounts of Aboriginal walkers in Australia, Tibetans said to levitate, and a tribe she says raises its children in dark caves, while Phil floats snake venom as a possible key to human hibernation through cataclysms. Nikkiana then tells of joining the same Colombian shaman on an expedition to a place called Manoa, looking for a city tied to his story of a giant blue woman, and says she was deep in the Amazon when COVID hit. She says that on the trip she and two others saw what looked like a horse with a horn, and that she was sober at the time. Her promise to send Phil an English translation of the shaman's book is part of the original recording. Phil recalls touching the stones at a Roman site in Britain, and Nikkiana encourages listeners to explore ancient sites near where they live. These are the speakers' own views and interpretations.

This is an archival replay, not current news. Original YouTube publish date: January 26, 2022. Source timestamps: 0:45:23.650–1:05:48.600. Full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtrEOtEw9oQ

Original YouTube description:
So Phil asked me a bunch of questions about how I see the ancient past. I give my working theories of everything and fun ensues! Take what you want and leave the rest.

Phil is an amazing researcher and if you haven't you must check out his work on his channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXH0xvi3YZ03eAJ4--DHgPg
Also Phil is active and awesome on TWITTER @ancient_view

Also I totally messed up the video recording of this one, so play it in the background and do something with your hands!

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