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Did a supernova two million years ago brighten the night sky and give our ancestors cancer?
Daily Mail ^
| June 17, 2016
| Cheyenne Macdonald
Posted on 06/17/2016 4:22:29 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Millions of years ago, a series of nearby supernovae sent radiation and debris raining down to Earth.
The events left traces of radioactive iron-60 embedded in the sea floor and even on the Moon, and now, researchers are saying they may have had life-altering effects on the early inhabitants of our planet.
At just hundreds of light-years away, two major stellar explosions may have spurred changes to the environment, and even increased the rates of cancer and mutation.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: antarctica; cancer; catastrophism; cosmicrays; eltanicimpact; fe60; geology; godsgravesglyphs; iron60; localbubble; moon; paleoclimatology; paleontology; pleistocene; pliocene; saywhat; stringtheory; supernova; supernovae; supernovaoflove; themoon; trollgar
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To: rickmichaels
Blah blah useless crap. Now it is not even about global threats but threats from different stars? How about focusing on threats from THIS country like enormous gubmint debt.
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:25:25 PM PDT
by
sagar
To: rickmichaels
The ancients used to build many underground cities.
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:27:30 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: rickmichaels
No. It was the coal fired power plants or cigarettes. Sheesh. It doesn’t have to be that hard. :>)
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:27:32 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: rickmichaels
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:27:42 PM PDT
by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: rickmichaels
impacts on the human ancestors Homo erectus If it lasts more than four hours, call a medicine man.
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:30:28 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: rickmichaels
And more importantly; is there a class action lawsuit I can get in on for my poor ancestors?
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:37:40 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: MUDDOG
impacts on the human ancestors Homo erectus If it lasts more than four hours, call a medicine man.
Medical practice was tough back then, everything was cured with a whack from a stick or large bone. Ouch.
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:46:14 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: rickmichaels
Women and minorities were hardest hit.
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:49:22 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(Trump For America.)
To: rickmichaels
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:49:26 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Trump has all the right enemies.)
To: sagar
As an expert on the subject I suggest raising taxes.
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:49:48 PM PDT
by
golux
To: rickmichaels
Yeah, my two million-year-old uncle Thag won’t shut up about it.
To: rickmichaels
Um . . . no.
Because the universe was created ex nihilo some 5776 years ago.
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:51:01 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(HaShem first! Anything else is idolatry, a violation of the very first commandment!)
To: golux
Supernova Tax
Globull Warming Tax
But no taxing Muslims for the actual threat they pose.
Makes sense.
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:52:26 PM PDT
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sagar
To: rickmichaels
And did the light from that event just happen to illuminate the night sky over Bethlehem... say, about 2000 years ago?
Enquiring minds want to know! (takes tongue firmly out of cheek).
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:53:13 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
To: SunkenCiv
To: rickmichaels
No, it caused idiots to go around screaming climate change and global warming; no peanut butter at Walmart.
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posted on
06/17/2016 4:58:48 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: rickmichaels
Zathras has been very busy so don’t blame Great Machine
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posted on
06/17/2016 5:09:23 PM PDT
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Zathras
To: rickmichaels
“Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky”
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posted on
06/17/2016 5:13:53 PM PDT
by
Zeneta
To: Zionist Conspirator
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posted on
06/17/2016 5:26:31 PM PDT
by
rickmichaels
(I shouldn't have to press 1 for English)
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