Posted on 07/17/2008 4:35:01 PM PDT by Soliton
A lone granite boulder found against all odds high atop a glacier in Antarctica may provide additional key evidence to support a theory that parts of the southernmost continent once were connected to North America hundreds of millions of years ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
Well yes Pangaea.
It were?
No, Rodinia - a supercontinent that formed 850 million years (give or take) earlier than Pangaea.
Interesting evidence to support a hypothesis that's been around for a while (long-ago connection of western North America to eastern Antarctica).
Stop trying to confuse everyone with these silly made-up continents from hundreds of millions of years ago. Everyone knows the earth was created on October 23, 4004 BC.
Or it could be the boulder was placed there as part of some ancient avante garde art project.
cool stuff here
Since Ward Churchill, we should never be too certain about anything from a boulder.
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Well, of course it’s cool, it’s on a hill in Antarctica... ;’)
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