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Volcanoes may have choked Earth, helped dinosaurs
Reuters ^ | Monday, November 3, 2003

Posted on 11/04/2003 7:12:36 AM PST by presidio9

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:22 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Low oxygen levels could have triggered two giant extinctions hundreds of millions of years ago, allowing the dinosaurs to reign supreme over the ancestors of mammals, U.S. researchers said.

Dinosaurs first appeared during a long period of low oxygen and therefore developed highly efficient breathing mechanisms that allowed them to thrive while many other species became extinct.


(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: crevolist
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To: PatrickHenry
Been done.
41 posted on 11/04/2003 3:06:15 PM PST by VadeRetro
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To: VadeRetro
That is a scary thread, never, please never point me to one of those again, although the post itself was excellent, the thread was downright terrifying.

Thanks
42 posted on 11/04/2003 3:12:11 PM PST by Ogmios (Since when is 66 senate votes for judicial confirmations constitutional?)
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To: VadeRetro
Absolutely frabulous!
43 posted on 11/04/2003 3:24:41 PM PST by Junior ("Your superior intellects are no match for our puny weapons!")
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To: Ogmios
Not exactly a science roundtable there, was it?
44 posted on 11/04/2003 3:26:37 PM PST by VadeRetro
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To: Junior
I'll never see a manxsome Jabberwock whiffling and burbling through the tulgey wood, all because of some beamish boy!
45 posted on 11/04/2003 3:31:28 PM PST by VadeRetro
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To: TonyRo76
Funny that more Christians worship form a bible different than yours. Have you ever studied the history of the canonization process? Perhaps you owe it to your God to study what he's revealed through history as well as what's been revealed in your limited view of history as documented in your 66 books!
46 posted on 11/04/2003 3:41:08 PM PST by BamaFan
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To: VadeRetro
No, it was full of all kinds of garbage that had nothing at all to do with the discussion.

I can see some fun things going on, jokes, silly stuff, but those were just outright attacks and demeaning people just to demean them. That was awful, and ALS and Jesse seemed to be feeding off of each other. If that is an example of ALS, thank goodness he's gone. It added nothing to the discussion at all but to anger people and demean those who disagreed with him.

47 posted on 11/04/2003 3:51:37 PM PST by Ogmios (Since when is 66 senate votes for judicial confirmations constitutional?)
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To: VadeRetro
Been done.

I thought that thread had been pulled!

48 posted on 11/04/2003 4:31:44 PM PST by PatrickHenry (Only fools read taglines!)
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To: PatrickHenry
Guess not, looks like it should have been though, it was revolting.
49 posted on 11/04/2003 4:37:38 PM PST by Ogmios (Since when is 66 senate votes for judicial confirmations constitutional?)
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To: Ogmios
It's typical of what we lived through in those days. Most of the disruptive vermin are banned. They have a handful of devotees who are still here.
50 posted on 11/04/2003 4:44:01 PM PST by PatrickHenry (Only fools read taglines!)
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To: Doctor Stochastic
But is it wildly rectangular?
51 posted on 11/04/2003 6:24:54 PM PST by js1138
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To: presidio9
There's something to be said for theories that start out with some physical evidence. It helps direct the inquiry and gets rid of a lot of silliness up front.
52 posted on 11/04/2003 6:44:16 PM PST by gcruse (http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
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To: PatrickHenry
Most of the disruptive vermin are banned.

Seems that cannot be true, since you made the comment.

53 posted on 11/04/2003 6:45:16 PM PST by HalfFull
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To: Ogmios
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. - Proverbs 15:1
54 posted on 11/04/2003 6:49:54 PM PST by PatrickHenry
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To: PatrickHenry
And don't they know it, they seem to be rather good at it, it keeps getting them banned, but they do it anyway.

Woohoo, everybody run!!

Reminds me of that part in Ice Age, where all those crazy Dodo's are following each other over the cliff, into the crater, etc, etc. Thai Quon DODO!!
55 posted on 11/04/2003 7:01:44 PM PST by Ogmios (Since when is 66 senate votes for judicial confirmations constitutional?)
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Obviously, hypocrisy has evolved into an advanced state.
56 posted on 11/04/2003 7:10:27 PM PST by HalfFull
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To: HalfFull
I wouldn't know.......
57 posted on 11/04/2003 7:13:59 PM PST by Ogmios (Since when is 66 senate votes for judicial confirmations constitutional?)
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To: Ogmios
Of course you wouldn't, Aric.
58 posted on 11/04/2003 7:15:20 PM PST by HalfFull
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To: HalfFull
You are a little obsessive, you might want to get that checked out.

Does it upset you to think that I might be Aric? If it does, all the better for me.

Have a wonderful evening...LOL
59 posted on 11/04/2003 7:19:51 PM PST by Ogmios (Since when is 66 senate votes for judicial confirmations constitutional?)
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To: Ogmios
you too, Aric.
60 posted on 11/04/2003 7:21:28 PM PST by HalfFull
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