Seemingly Angela, you are right, but you overvalue scientists authority.
No one can proof that this what some studies and interpretations of this studies are saying is correct.
Especialy, when we have the case about very very obscure period of time without written records.
All what is saying, this is only proposals, theories, hypothesis, suppositions and so on.
Btw, in almost every subject and matter of reaseching, are existing a
couple theories and concepts which often are excluding each other.
We have this situation for example with protolanguages, datation of cultures, migrations,
etc., where almost every scientist has his own theory totally differet from anothers.
In genetic studies, which I observe almost from more than ten years, I saw so many
miracles or revolutions, (as for examples when whole genetic branches were replaced
or were changing their places and levels, when scientists were changing datations of
mutations through whole millenia, tens of thousands of years and even more, when
places of haplotypes origins were wandering from one side of the continent to another
outskirts) what substancially tells clearly, that they simply were guessing or were taking
their revelations from nothing.
So please don't use this inteligent card, because this is a little silly. I don't have the
obligation to take every word of some writer as a fact, because another researcher
can write somthing exactly different... and whose right should I claim to be right, if
there can be many different opinions? Who will be the jugde? You or maybe Lebrok?
Lebrok showed us that he didn't even knew what we (I and Drax) were talking about,
(not the first time btw) and because of that he throed a hissy fit, and punished me, so
what it is? Kindergarten? When something is going not by his way he became a policemen?
I accept the excavations, sciencetical reaserchers, even datation, but I will not taking
everything as a fact, especially, if this is not seem to be a logcal or is contradicting
with observable facts, in particular, when, it is showed by historical/present simples
as immpossible, in many cases. But if some one is so deeply blinded by his faith in
his favorite world explanation, that he cannot even see, that in the area of his own
rules in his worldview exists another possibility not impossible in his field, then I
really don't know how we can talk, especially, if someone is discussing whith his
own imagination about someone elses statements.