The Theory of the Prison Planet
If Earth Isn’t Home… Where Is?
From the moment that humans were able to think and ponder, we have wondered about our origin. Where do we come from? Why are we here? A new theory seeks to answer that very question: the theory of the prison planet.
As science has developed, new theories have popped up left and right seeking to answer the ultimate question of the origins of mankind. While nearly every culture on the face of the planet has sought to explain our presence on Earth, science has taken the reigns in recent years to develop a possible hypothesis. With this, we get theories such as the ever-popular simulation hypothesis.
Recently, the theory of the prison planet has begun to gain traction. Developed by American ecologist Dr. Ellis Silver, the prison planet theory states that the origin of humankind is not found here on Earth but elsewhere. Silver contends that we are not an evolutionary product of this world but, rather, visitors that found ourselves on Earth relatively recently in the geographical timescale.
