Erich Von Daniken: Planet Earth and Ancient Aliens

Erich von Däniken is a Swiss author of several over 30 books which make claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Däniken is one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronautshypotheses. The ideas put forth in his books are rejected by a majority of scientists and academics, who categorize his work pseudoarchaeology and pseudoscience. Däniken later became a ...