The Ancient Aliens/Ancient Astronauts Trope In Science Fiction, Explained
The concept of Ancient Aliens rests at the exact midpoint between popular science fiction stories and bizarrely common conspiracy theories with tons of sincere believers. The trope raises many interesting questions, but many of those ideas are unfortunately tied to a ton of unpleasant ideas about human development.
Sci-fi aliens come in a lot of different shapes and sizes. The works of science fiction that include intelligent life could use them as heroes, villains, uninvolved observers, or anything in between. The go-to period for an alien invasion is right now, while the typical era for life alongside extraterrestrials is the future, but Ancient Aliens take the concept to a time before recorded history.
The Magitek Trope In Sci-fi And Fantasy, Explained
The Ancient Aliens or Ancient Astronauts trope suggests a reality in which intelligent extraterrestrial life made first contact with mankind thousands of years ago. There's a substantial gap in time between the birth of the first Homo sapiens and any form of written language or record keeping. This pre-historic era could have theoretically featured things that would be considered impossible today. The aliens rarely just drop by and observe in Ancient Alien stories. Instead, they offer guidance, shape the development of humanity, and earn the worship of early mankind. Sometimes an Ancient Alien science experiment resulted in the eventual birth of human beings, and they've been on Earth longer than we have.
Where many sci-fi ideas are shaped by the development of real technology, the Ancient Alien trope largely has its roots in pseudoscience. The Ancient Aliens concept evolved from the popular «Lost City» subgenre of fantasy, which depicted explorers hacking their way
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