Lemurians
Lemurians refers to supposed inhabitants of Lemuria, a hypothesized sunken continent in the Indian Ocean. The term Lemuria was coined in the 1860s by zoologist Philip Sclater to explain why lemurs occur in Madagascar and parts of India and not elsewhere. He proposed a lost land bridge or continent that had sunk beneath the sea; the hypothesis was later abandoned as geology established plate tectonics and fossil records.
Beyond geology, Lemuria became a focal point in some occult and spiritualist traditions. In Theosophy, founded
In modern popular culture and New Age thought, Lemurians are often portrayed as survivors of a vanished
Scientific consensus holds that Lemuria did not exist as a real continent, and there is no evidence