In the late 19th century, German zoologist Ernst Heckel hypothesized that Lemuria was the cradle of humanity. This land was inhabited by semi-monkeys, which include modern lemurs. The founder of the famous Theosophical Society, Helena Blavatsky, argued that the history of mankind began with Lemuria.
The inhabitants of Lemuria were the third of the seven root races. They multiplied by laying eggs. The Lemurians preceded the peoples of Atlantis, in which the fourth race manifested itself. People are already the fifth race. Lemuria was destroyed by a volcanic eruption, and Atlantis was destroyed by the misuse of the energies of nature and black magic.
The theory of the existence of Lemuria is based on Indian mythology, where there is information about sunken cities in the Indian Ocean, which were patronized by either demons (Tripur) or Krishna (Dvaraka) and Shiva. Already in the twentieth century, when it became known about the absence of a sunken mainland between Madagascar and Hindustan, some supporters of the existence of Lemuria hastened to "transfer" the disappeared land to the Pacific Ocean, but this version did not gain wide popularity among the public, since there was already Pacifida (sometimes also called Mu).
Perhaps both Mu and Lemuria were the cradle of nascent humanity. But many sources say that these civilizations were quite developed, and their representatives possessed extraordinary abilities. For example, communication through telepathy was common among the inhabitants of these legendary worlds, while modern man's ability to telepathy was suppressed. Apparently, such evolutionary changes were necessary - nature was looking for its own ways of protection from developing humanity.
Most scientists are of the opinion that Lemuria should be sought in the area of the Mid-Range Indian Ocean, including the archipelagos, as well as the islands of Madagascar, Ceylon, the Indian subcontinent and the shelf area of the Arabian Sea. This hypothesis has many explanations.
According to geographical research and analysis of the topography of the Indian Ocean bottom, the mainland of Lemuria did exist, but sank during the melting of snow at the end of the Ice Age. According to anthropologists, if we assume that there really was one more continent in the Indian Ocean, then all the inconsistencies in the theory of the settlement of the first people are easily resolved. It was through Lemuria that people penetrated Hindustan and Africa. Such distances could be covered only by land, but not by primitive rafts. While Lemuria was slowly submerging under the water, the inhabitants along the remaining chains of islands moved to other continents.
Most scientists believe that a warm climate and the improvement of various work skills are necessary for the favorable development of human civilization.
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According to Darwin's theory, the improvement in the functions of the hand made a man out of a monkey. However, many scientists believe that the civilization of intelligent beings could develop in close connection with nature, not destroying it, but being in harmony with it. So, the famous researcher Viktor Kandyba claims that the civilization of intelligent beings could go in two different ways. Those who left the trees, began to use fire and eat the meat of large mammals, became people, while others, having developed a hand no worse than their relatives and possessing no less intelligence, remained to live in the trees. A society that does not know fire can also build civilization. Moreover, the warm climate of Lemuria favored this.
Thus, intelligent beings were divided into two branches. Our ancestors left the forests and began to develop the land, while the other branch still lived in the trees in the thick of the tropical forests. They built their settlements in the interweaving of tree crowns. Food was plentiful and did not have to be obtained by hard work. However, outwardly, representatives of this branch were very different from humans. Their limbs were better adapted for movement not on the ground, but among the thickets of the jungle. The pupils of the eyes were more dilated because there is much less light in the dense canopy of the jungle. The color of the skin remained pale in the twilight, and even seemed greenish in certain lighting conditions. Small growth allowed to move freely through the vines from tree to tree.
Intelligent life on Earth took two different paths: technological and natural. If people followed the path of conquering nature, then the Lemurians learned to live without standing out from the general habitat and not adjusting it to their needs, as man did. Naturally, the path of development of this civilization was not similar to ours. It is very likely that the Lemurians possessed a number of unique knowledge about nature, and possibly some of their own natural magic. It is no coincidence that the theme of Lemuria excited many secret societies, representatives of various mystical movements, for example, Theosophy.
With the melting of glaciers and the rise in ocean levels, the vast mainland of Lemuria began to slowly sink under water, turning into chains of small islands. What happened to its inhabitants? Both races began to migrate to other lands. Some of the Lemurians fled to the neighboring islands, in particular to the Andaman.
People have almost unlimited opportunities to adapt to new living conditions. Man is able to live in plains and forests, in warm and cold climates. Moreover, one should not forget that people then already knew how to make clothes and light a fire. And the life of "tree people" is associated with the tropical forest, they need a certain moisture and specific food. Therefore, few of them managed to adapt to the new natural conditions.
However, even after the death of the ancestral home, the Lemurian civilization still existed. Numerous confirmations of this can be found in the ancient Indian chronicles: "Rigveda" and the poem "Ramayana".
In Hindustan, both races had to fight each other for lands. This war is described in detail in the Ramayana. Thus, King Rama waged a long war with a stunted people, whom he initially took for intelligent monkeys. By description, they are very similar to the inhabitants of Lemuria. It is also interesting that the word lemur itself in its original meaning meant ape-men. Later, this was the name of a small animal that loves to climb trees and now lives in the protected areas of the planet.
The fact that Rama fought with the Lemurians is also confirmed by the fact that they came from Sri Lanka, one of the islands left after the flooding of Lemuria. According to the Ramayana, it was in Sri Lanka that the capital of their kingdom was, and the ruler lived there. Of course, humans were physically stronger and wielded more powerful weapons than the Lemurians. The Ramayana speaks of the victory of Rama. It is very likely that in the end most of the lemurs were exterminated, and the rest scattered throughout the earth.
So, when a single continent split into parts that became Africa and Asia, the first people went to other lands, bringing the light of knowledge to the wild tribes. However, not all of Lemuria immediately disappeared in the depths of the ocean, for a very long time a huge island remained in the Indian Ocean, which was called by different names: either Lanka (now this ancient name has been transferred to the island of Ceylon - Sri Lanka), then Melukha (as the Sumerians called everything countries in the Indian Ocean region).
The last surviving Lemurians are the Toda tribe in the Blue Mountains of South India. Toda has large, expressive, greenish eyes, a "Roman" nose, tall stature, fairly fair skin, thin lips, brown or reddish hair. This people, living high in the mountains, has preserved legends about seven great kingdoms across the sea, which were ruled by one Lord of the ships. Toda priests still remember their native language, which is called kvorzha. They call the sun and the moon by the same names as in Sumer - Utu and Sin. Perhaps the ancestors of the Toda in ancient times sailed on ships to the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to tell the Sumerians who lived there how to worship the gods and what names they should be called.
It is interesting that one of the peoples of Madagascar considers lemurs to be the descendants of a tribe cursed by the gods. Other local residents deify them and bury them with royal honors. More than 35 species of these animals live on the island. They are all varied in color and size. Scientists have unearthed the remains of an extinct giant lemur megalopadis. He was as tall as an adult, walked on two legs, and had huge round eyes. Madagascar peasants claim that the giant lemur has not disappeared, but still roams in the dense forests. Many heard the sounds of his voice, reminiscent of cries for help.
Some scientists are sure that the ancestors of modern humans are not primates, but lemurs who lived on the seashore. It is assumed that the rhythm of the ebb and flow contributed to the formation of the rudiments of the mind.