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Post-apocalyptic fossils show rise of mammals after dinosaur demise
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| Will Dunham October 24, 2019 / 1:03 PM
Posted on 10/24/2019 2:27:29 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Born to Conserve
And none of that was responsive to what I said, just a bunch of ad-homonym rubbish.
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posted on
10/24/2019 6:42:51 PM PDT
by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
To: Sapwolf
The asteroid did not kill dinosaurs directly. Instead the dust and debris kicked into atmosphere created prolonged blocking out the sun, accompanied by excessive cooling of atmosphere. The cold blooded Dino’s perished but the warm blooded small mammals survived.
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posted on
10/24/2019 6:43:49 PM PDT
by
entropy12
(You are either for free enterprise or for government price fixing. Can't be for both as convenient.)
To: adorno
Wrong! Science is precise when current data is available.
Here you are talking about hundreds of millions ago, so scientists must try to put 2 and 2 together by extrapolation of old data such as bones of ancient creatures.
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posted on
10/24/2019 6:48:37 PM PDT
by
entropy12
(You are either for free enterprise or for government price fixing. Can't be for both as convenient.)
To: entropy12
Wrong! Science is precise when current data is available. Here you are talking about hundreds of millions ago, so scientists must try to put 2 and 2 together by extrapolation of old data such as bones of ancient creatures.
There is no such thing as 'precise science' when it comes to investigating data and things from many millions of years ago. A lot of it is extrapolation and guesswork and theories, such as the theory of evolution, which is still unproven and may never be.
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posted on
10/24/2019 6:53:48 PM PDT
by
adorno
To: adorno
That is pretty much what my post said. Since there are no video’s or photographs or written records from millions of years ago, scientists have to play role of Sherlock Holmes and use available clues to reach conclusions.
But when current data is available, science is extremely precise. For example science can measure your exact blood pressure and accurately predict your chances of having kidney failure.
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posted on
10/24/2019 7:30:46 PM PDT
by
entropy12
(You are either for free enterprise or for government price fixing. Can't be for both as convenient.)
To: entropy12
Current data is not enough to reach verifiable scientific results. Data can be doctored and misinterpreted and lost and messed with, and even ‘made up’. Such as the ‘current’ data in ‘global warming science’.
My previous posts mostly related to data that is old and very skimpy and which requires a lot of guesswork, such as when a single tooth 100 million years old takes ‘scientists’ on a path of a lot of guesswork and speculation.
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posted on
10/24/2019 7:51:51 PM PDT
by
adorno
To: Red Badger; BenLurkin; fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
10/24/2019 9:07:15 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: noiseman
Both of your posts, #13 and #14, were great. Thanks for your knowledgeable posts.
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posted on
10/24/2019 9:14:35 PM PDT
by
Cedar
To: Cedar
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posted on
10/24/2019 10:01:26 PM PDT
by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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posted on
10/24/2019 10:57:31 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks all.
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posted on
10/24/2019 10:57:40 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Red Badger
Mammal told me there'd be days like these.
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posted on
10/24/2019 10:58:35 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Red Badger
Post-apocalyptic fossils show rise of mammals after dinosaur demise
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That’s good. Otherwise, that whole extinction event timing thing becomes real problematical for us.
I mean, it would suck to be us if it was now little Johnny veliciraptor playing with his plastic human toys.
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posted on
10/24/2019 11:10:42 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Repeal The 17th
That’s what they want you to think............
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posted on
10/25/2019 6:07:04 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
To: noiseman
“then I would expect there to be at least a few viruses or bacteria that would just grow arms and legs (because they need to) and walk into the research laboratories and pummel to death the researchers working on new antiviral and antibacterial strategies.”
There is. What do you think Staff Infections are (at least the ones that are drug resistant)?
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posted on
10/25/2019 6:53:07 PM PDT
by
BobL
(I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't te Don'tll anyone.)
To: adorno
Many didn’t. There was a major extinction of many aquatic lifeforms from this event also likely due to acidification.
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posted on
10/25/2019 11:20:19 PM PDT
by
gnarledmaw
(Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
To: adorno
oops, sorry. wasn’t meant for you. Too tired I guess.
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posted on
10/25/2019 11:22:40 PM PDT
by
gnarledmaw
(Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
To: Sapwolf
Many didnt. There was a major extinction of many aquatic lifeforms from this event also likely due to acidification.
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posted on
10/25/2019 11:23:15 PM PDT
by
gnarledmaw
(Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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