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Dinosaur impact theory challenged
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| 3-1-04
| Paul Rincon
Posted on 03/01/2004 7:13:19 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: Indy Pendance
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To: Indy Pendance
On one of the Simpson's episodes, Homer ended up back in the dinosaur days---he sneezed on one---they all caught his cold and died.
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posted on
03/01/2004 7:22:05 PM PST
by
CHATTAB
To: CHATTAB
Hahaha!
To: Indy Pendance
When are the paleontologists going to give it up? It took a physicist and his son to figure out the answer to their age old pet question (what killed the dinosaurs?), and they're acting like spoiled, petulant, turf protecting brats in refusing to acknowledge it. C'mon, there are other challenges. It's time to move on.
To: CHATTAB
Hmmm... I thought it was a pair of Baldrick's soiled knickers which did in the dinosaurs.
(obscure British comedy reference)
;-)
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posted on
03/01/2004 7:29:56 PM PST
by
Jonah Hex
(Another day, another DU troll.)
To: Indy Pendance
"That two such impacts occurred within 300,000 years and both hit the Earth at almost exactly the same place is statistically unlikely. "Not impossible, but very, very unlikely," said the researcher who is also investigating Chicxulub core material.
Amused bump.
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posted on
03/01/2004 7:35:22 PM PST
by
FourPeas
To: Indy Pendance
Gee, you'd think that 299,999 years of evolution would have toughened up those dinosaurs.
To: Indy Pendance
OK, I'm not so bright, but the Dino's went AWOL 65 million years ago, and now these folks claim the crater is 300,000 years older than that.......hhhmmm.... let's figure this in our head....... 10% of 65 million is 6.5 Million, 1% would be 0.65 million, so 300,000 years is like one half of one percent of the time in question.
Yeah, right, we can pinpoint this to one half of one percent.
To: Indy Pendance
A great site for those both interested in science and christianity is www.reasons.org
To: AlbertWang
If I read the article correctly, the layer of clay seems to be the critical determinant.
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posted on
03/01/2004 7:43:53 PM PST
by
FourPeas
To: Indy Pendance
i heard that scientists have discovered that the dinosaurs were killed off by getting hit by SUVs. this replaced the earlier theory that they were killed by right-wing militias.
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posted on
03/01/2004 7:44:59 PM PST
by
drhogan
To: Indy Pendance
bump for later
To: Indy Pendance
Are there two Iridium layers?
Where was the Indian Subcontinent 65MYA?
To: drhogan
The Jews killed the dinosaurs.
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posted on
03/01/2004 7:54:37 PM PST
by
bayourod
( Kerry's 1st wife: $250M; 2nd wife: $700M; Mistress: priceless.)
To: Jonah Hex
Blackadder was the height of British comedy. "The Third" and "Goes Forth" were the best...
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:16:03 PM PST
by
Charles H. (The_r0nin)
(The best thing about the End of the World is how many a**holes it'll eliminate...)
To: blam; farmfriend
ping
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:19:36 PM PST
by
Slicksadick
(Go out on a limb.....................It's where the fruit is.)
To: Indy Pendance
They don't even know if these things were cold blooded or warm blooded.... there is so much they do not know.
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posted on
03/01/2004 9:10:11 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.ArmorforCongress.com......................Send a Freeper to Congress!)
To: Jonah Hex
Black Adder is not obscure. It made Mr.Bean famous... I mean Mr. Bean made him famous...
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posted on
03/01/2004 9:11:29 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.ArmorforCongress.com......................Send a Freeper to Congress!)
To: LibWhacker
"When are the paleontologists going to give it up? It took a physicist and his son to figure out the answer to their age old pet question (what killed the dinosaurs?), and they're acting like spoiled, petulant, turf protecting brats in refusing to acknowledge it. C'mon, there are other challenges. It's time to move on." I agree. And, the good professor didn't even submit the location of the 'other' impact site. I'll continue go with the Alvarez's theory
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posted on
03/01/2004 9:16:55 PM PST
by
blam
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