About Marc Young

My name is Marc Young, I am a 33 year old PhD Candidate in Geoarchaeology at Flinders University in South Australia. When I was 7 years old I watched a documentary on Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun, and I knew instantly what I wanted to be when I grew up, but for various reasons I ended up on another path. After a stint of unemployment following a workplace injury, I stumbled upon the first Joe Rogan Podcast episode with Graham and Randall Carlson, and I was hooked. After watching all of their other episodes, was inspired to enroll in university to study the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis and the tangential subjects that Graham covers. The podcasts changed my life, and I owe a debt of gratitude to Joe, Graham and Randall. Without them, I certainly would not be where I am.

In 2018 I began working with George Howard and others to compile a complete bibliography of all scientific papers pertaining to the YDIH. After completing my Bachelor of Archaeology & Bachelor of Science in 2021 I officially joined the Comet Research Group and immediately began working on various projects, with multiple publications under review or in press. My BSc Honours research project involved an experimental evaluation of protocols for separation of magnetic microspherules, which empirically tested the failed replication by Surovell et al. 2009 using the claims made by LeCompte et al. (2012) as to why they had failed. Currently I am working on separating YDB glass-like carbon, carbon spherules, magnetic microspherules, airburst modeling, and identifying shocked quartz candidates for further analysis. In 2023 I presented an overview to the YDIH at the Cosmic Summit.