 Creation science often relies on allegedly anomalous finds in the archaeological record to challenge scientific chronologies and models of human evolution.Claimed OOPArts have been used to support religious descriptions of prehistory, ancient astronaut theories, and the notion of vanished civilizations that possessed knowledge or technology more advanced than that known in modern times.The following are examples of objects that have been argued by various fringe authors (see list) to be out-of-place artifacts.