George Howard is a weaver of ideas who runs the Cosmic Tusk blog and organizes the Cosmic Summit annual gathering. He’s also one of the longest-lived players in the Comet Research Group, a heterodox collection of theorists and scientists that has been working on the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis since the 1990s. We talk with Howard about bone beds, Carolina Bays, mass extinction, catastrophic history, weirdly magnetic mammoth tusks, and just how little we can actually say with certainty about the distant past. MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysci PARADIGM DRIFT https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show COSMIC SUMMIT: https://www.youtube.com/@UCpic9vlcBFWdt7WM5IG2eNA 00:00 Go! 00:04:20 Radical Panspermia and Life in Space 00:09:13 Evidence from the International Space Station 00:13:25 Panspermia and Evolutionary Theory 00:17:00 Diversity of Life and Scientific Limitations 00:22:11 Extraterrestrial Life and Unfalsifiable Predictions 00:26:07 Evolution and Morphic Resonance 00:30:16 Space and Biological Discoveries 00:33:29 Cosmology and Life in the Universe 00:37:32 Younger Dryas and Catastrophic Events 00:42:15 Discovering Catastrophism 00:44:37 Exploration of Carolina Bays 00:49:42 Impact of Research on Carolina Bays 00:54:09 Challenges in Scientific Communication 00:56:24 Dialogue on Younger Dryas Event 01:05:59 Cold Fusion & Crazy Ideas 01:07:26 Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis 01:09:41 Curiosity vs. Anxiety 01:12:12 Carolina Bays & Geological History 01:15:06 Saginaw Bay & Impact Theories 01:19:54 Bay Morphology & Geological Mysteries 01:27:53 Geologic Mysteries and Carolina Bays 01:32:02 Theories on Air Burst Events 01:36:13 Debating Carolina Bays and Younger Dryas 01:40:08 Tsunamis and Anomalous Events 01:45:24 Cosmic Events and Historical Cycles 01:49:33 Astronomical Theories and Challenges 01:50:10 Mammoth Tusk Adventure 01:55:09 Research and Discoveries 01:59:18 Excavation and Documentation 02:06:14 Speculative Finds and Skepticism 02:09:34 Ancient Coastal Changes 02:11:13 Pyramid Explorations 02:14:08 Subterranean Investigations 02:17:23 Communication and Paradigms 02:21:40 Archaeological Mysteries 02:30:01 Openness to Theories 02:31:47 Global Stories and Interpretations #ancientcivilizations, #youngerdryas, #panspermia, #losthistory, #forbiddenarchaeology, #hiddenhistory, #unexplainedmysteries, #alternativehistory, #historychannel #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast ABOUS US: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/all AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci BLOG: http://DemystifySci.com/blog RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss MAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671