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I recall George Carlin saying "the planet will be fine....the people are fucked!" George's presentation on global warming fits my philosophy on the matter exactly. We are just a speck of dust on an elephant's butt as far as the earth is concerned. Whatever we mess up can be fixed with a f...

This arrogant attitude is simply a belief that humans are the crown of creation I'm not really too concerned about CO2 growth since much of earth's history has been at far higher levels. I'm more concerned about the poisons we put in the land, the air and the sea that cycle through our food chain. ...

But that cannot be entirely true - have not a large number of dinosaur fossils been found in areas that once lakes and streams? No, not really. Fossils are a rare find and it takes many years with exactly the right conditions to fossiize a bone (i.e. mineralize it to rock). Human remains prior to t...

I doubt that there are any intact bodies to be found. Even if a body is pinned down or trapped in a closed space decomposition will probably still occur. We harbor millions of micro-organisms on & inside our bodies. I'm fairly sure that would help decay any remains that may be down there. You a...

I had previously read somewhere that there could be such sites located near what were once ancient shorelines when sea levels were much lower. Excellent find and newer model ROVs should have enough dexterity now to look through the shipwreck without destroying it, even at a 2,000 meter depth. What ...

This thread has such a convoluted history I have forgotten why we are discussing this. Does anyone remember? KB, the answer is obvious ... we all need a little more genealogical research to determine why we blog so much. As for me, I'm part Neanderthal according to my ex. That explains a lot. :D

The Holy Grail reference was wholly symbolic The reason for the post was to show that the cornerstone of the dating procedure, the idea that cosmic radiation is a constant, is not true. The exposure is not a constant, It is a variable. A huge one. This opens up all the “proven by RC” dates to re-ex...

But whatever... in Indonesia & Crete, Homo erectus, Homo neandertalensis, Homo heidelbergensis or whoever the boaters were, they didn't bring farming with them. Spice, with the discovery of H sapiens look-alikes in Morocco dated to circa 300kya (see: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/06/...

These people were migrating and looking for a new homeland to settle or at least exploit for a while until the resources ran low. Then they moved on. Absolutely, Min. You are correct that travelling by water was safer, no land predators to deal with such as dyer wolves, sabers, cave lions, cave bea...

But the study authors concede there is a problem with this hypothesis. The Philippines are a fairly isolated chain of islands in the Pacific that, at the time, would have been accessible only by boat. According to the paper, "it still seems too farfetched to suggest" that any early human ...

I used to believe that bloodletting was a worthless & dangerous treatment until a physician of my acquaintance told me that bloodletting was an effective treatment for two conditions: congestive heart failure & fevers that didn't respond to any other treatment. (he called it an unremittent ...

Simon21 wrote:If it works for tornadoes in Arkansas or wherever why not for Tsunamis, both are about as likely.

Because one girl and her dog will not populate a new area; tornado, tsunami or otherwise.

My apologies for the data dump approach to this post; however, Flinders Petrie had something to say about this topic. The following extracts are taken from Chapter VIII entitled "Mechanical Methods" in Petrie's classic reference work "The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh". They conc...

The following 700,000 year old discovery on Luzon in the Philippines is interesting since it screams H. erectus and boats. See: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/stone-tools-rhinoceros-luzon-philippines-ancient-hominins-science/ Even in the depths of each glaciation when sea levels were 12...

Minimalist wrote:Hey, Cogs. How the hell are you?

Hey Min, doing much better than those archaics who rode the tsunami to Australia.

Keeping busy and out of trouble (most of the time). And you? You ready for this summer's heat?