© Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP Shane Warne has proposed a strange theory about where humans came from.

The 'I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here' participant told a fellow contestant that "we started from aliens.”

Speaking to dancer Bonnie Lythgoe, he said: “If we’ve evolved from monkeys, then why haven’t those ones evolved?”

He added: “Because, I’m saying, aliens. We started from aliens.”

Lounging in South Africa’s Kruger national park, the former Australian cricketer explained his theory by saying "look at those pyramids, Bonnie.

"You couldn’t do them. You couldn’t pull those ropes, huge bits of brick and make it perfectly symmetrical. Couldn’t do it. So who did it?”

His comments provided enough fodder for the Twitterati to wade into the conversation:

Lead of the year: "Former Australian cricketer Shane Warne has cast doubt on the theory of evolution". — Juniper Bunnett (@Jen_Bennett) February 15, 2016

That's almost the only explanation of Shane Warne if we are all honest with ourselves. — Imogen Dunlevie (@ImogenDunlevie) February 15, 2016

You might laugh now but you'll all be sorry in 70 years when Shane Warne is recognised as a genius before his time — maddy (@maddydell) February 15, 2016

So Shane Warne may be Sacha Baron Cohen's funniest character. — Titus O'Reily (@TitusOReily) February 15, 2016

Shane Warne proving that while we did descend from apes (not monkeys), in his case it was a pretty gentle slope. — Graham Binns (@grahambinns) February 15, 2016

Even if you accept Shane Warne's theory on evolution being due to tinkering aliens, that still fails to explain Donald Trump. — John Lawson (@jay__ell) February 15, 2016

Shane Warne believes alien experimentation turned monkeys into humans, do you? — Jonny Hinton (@HintonJonny) February 15, 2016

Shane Warne casts doubt on evolution. I go back to bed. — Earthman Johann (@paperclipracket) February 15, 2016