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Three-toed horses reveal the secret of the Tibetan Plateau uplift
PhysOrg ^
| Tuesday, April 24, 2012
| Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Posted on 04/29/2012 3:17:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Exposures of fluvial and lacustrine sediments of the Zanda Basin, where the skeleton of the Zanda horse was excavated (Image by Den Tao)
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posted on
04/29/2012 3:17:10 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
Two cursorial Zanda horses are running fast in their open steppe habitat of the Tibetan Plateau (illustrated by Yu Chen)
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04/29/2012 3:17:48 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Open grasslands per se have no direct relationship to elevation, because they can have different elevations in different regions of the world, having a distribution near the sea level to the extreme high plateaus. I sure the reason the author needs to point this out is because ... Well really I'm not sure why unless he doesn't believe his own BS.
ML/NJ
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04/29/2012 3:53:23 PM PDT
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ml/nj
To: SunkenCiv
Kain-Tucky Derby is coming up next weekend ~ the time they’re giving is 7 PM which sounds just wrong, so be sure to check it out first.
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04/29/2012 3:55:30 PM PDT
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muawiyah
To: SunkenCiv
The Tibetan Plateau has gradually risen since the Indian plate collided with the Eurasian plate at about 55 Ma. Sounds kinda kinky :)
What is 55ma?
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04/29/2012 3:56:18 PM PDT
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upchuck
(Need is not an acceptable lifestyle choice; dependent is not a career. ~ Dr. Tim Nerenz)
To: SunkenCiv
They look like they have zebra in their recent history.
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04/29/2012 4:03:18 PM PDT
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FrogMom
(There is no such thing as an honest democrat!)
To: SunkenCiv
Title sounded real interesting...and then I fell asleep.
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04/29/2012 4:03:56 PM PDT
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norton
To: SunkenCiv
For years, it was thought that the “chestnuts” inside of modern horses forelegs were vestiges of one of their 2 extra toes, but this has been debunked recently. From this drawing, it appears that the toes were absorbed or melded into the main hoof.
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04/29/2012 4:09:02 PM PDT
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Amberdawn
To: Amberdawn
Oops, I should have said melded into the Fetlock.
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04/29/2012 4:10:41 PM PDT
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Amberdawn
from, uh, five keywords, sorted, duplicates out:
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04/29/2012 5:13:20 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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04/29/2012 5:13:40 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: upchuck
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04/29/2012 5:14:58 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: upchuck
What is 55ma? I think they dropped a letter.
55 mya would be 55 million years ago.
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04/29/2012 5:15:53 PM PDT
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ClearCase_guy
(Like Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin has become simply a stick with which to beat Whites.)
To: ml/nj
It isn’t BS — grasslands don’t have a direct relationship to elevation, because latitude also has an impact.
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04/29/2012 5:15:53 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: upchuck
What is 55ma? A typo: should of been, "what's 55, ma?"
"55 is a number, son."
To: Amberdawn
I was just roasting some over an open fire.
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04/29/2012 5:20:42 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: FrogMom
Common relatives, but of course it’s an artist’s conception.
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04/29/2012 5:23:27 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: muawiyah
And now I’ve got that Neil Diamond song going through my head...
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04/29/2012 5:24:03 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Roasting horse? You beast!
To: SunkenCiv
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04/29/2012 5:42:55 PM PDT
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blam
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