Cremo told Contemporary Authors that he decided to devote his life to Krishna in the early 1970s, after receiving a copy of the Bhagavad Gita at a Grateful Dead concert. He has also been a contributing editor to the magazine Back to Godhead and a bhakti yoga teacher. He has written several books and articles about Hindu spirituality under the name Drutakarma Das. Religious views Cremo is a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and the Bhaktivedanta Institute.

He attended George Washington University from 1966 to 1968, then served in the United States Navy. They spent several summers traveling throughout Europe. Michael Cremo lived with his family in Germany, where he went to high school. Cremo's father, Salvatore Cremo, was a United States military intelligence officer. Early life and education Cremo was born in Schenectady, New York.

Thompson, has attracted attention from mainstream scholars who have criticized the views given on archeology and describe it as pseudoscientific. Forbidden Archeology, which he wrote with Richard L. In case of artifacts allegedly found in the Eocene auriferous gravels of Table Mountain, California and discussed in his book, Forbidden Archeology, Cremo argues for the existence of modern man on Earth as long as 30 to 40 million years ago. Cremo, also known by his devotional name Drutakarma Das, is an American freelance researcher who identifies himself as a Vedic creationist and an 'alternative archeologist' and argues that humans have lived on the earth for millions of years.

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