Paradox: The Case for the Extraterrestrial Origin of Man

Paradox is one of the most intelligent books ever written on the subject of paleocontact, which is why it's been forgotten while shameless junk like Chariots of the Gods? and its myriad sequels continue to fly off the shelves almost fifty years after the concept of "ancient astronauts" first

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gripped the popular imagination. John Philip Cohane eschews the hucksterish von Däniken approach, using linguistic evidence and gaps in the theory of evolution to suggest extraterrestrial intervention in human development at some remote point in prehistory. Cautious (Cohane does not rush to attribute the construction of every ancient monument to visiting aliens, but marvels at the sheer inexplicability of the Great Pyramid and Stonehenge), well-reasoned and compelling.

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