Have you guys checked out the episode on JRE with Graham Hancock? [0] They talk about the Bronze Age China and Göbekli Tepe. At the time I was seemingly convinced why the academic community wouldn't let these new theories flourish despite the archeological evidence. I was not aware of the work by Hanson so I can not comment on that.

A similar thread on HN in the past [1].

[0] https://youtu.be/aDejwCGdUV8 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23761252