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To: SunkenCiv
There was a reboot 12,800 years ago in the Pleistocene Period by a comet or asteroid hitting Africa that wiped out most life there.

*Previous thread today.

Is there a conflict of theories?

3 posted on 10/07/2019 8:11:56 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Deaf Smith; SunkenCiv

Not a re-boot of the human species. Just a shock to the environment.


4 posted on 10/07/2019 8:27:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Deaf Smith; BenLurkin

None, because of the different time frames. However, the role of impact in producing glaciation is not yet widely recognized, but I’m workin’ on it from the outside in. :^)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3784332/posts


5 posted on 10/07/2019 8:45:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Deaf Smith; BenLurkin; SunkenCiv; blam; All

Of interest is that fact that 1 million years ago when the article says things began to change is also when the every 100,000 year Ice Age/warming pattern began. That ought to get some study.


16 posted on 10/07/2019 11:21:21 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: Deaf Smith

There was a reboot 12,800 years ago in the Pleistocene Period by a comet or asteroid hitting Africa that wiped out most life there.


It was North American Ice sheet the rocks hit over a period of 1000 years. You misread the post yesterday which seemed to imply Africa, but that was only one minor deposit - most are found on the NA continent. There was no crater as the rocks hit a 2 km thick glacier. There is a possible crater in the UP of Michigan. Other ‘splatter’ impacted the Carolinas and Nebraska.


20 posted on 10/08/2019 2:01:03 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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