Posted on 10/08/2025 7:39:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Back to the ‘hungry humans’ theory?
😒 Not on my watch. 😊
/bingo
Thanks CO. Whatever else may have been going on here and there, a single kaboom did 99% of it.
Here we go with more of the humans-did-it archeological meme, despite huge evidence to the contrary. These people just cannot admit there is such a thing as Catastrophe operating in nature.
Yup. Acknowledging catastrophe is a bridge too far for some folks. By contrast, it isn’t surprising at all that here and there a group of hunters killed cooked and ate some megafauna, nor does it undermine the impact-extinction model.
Do they discuss the GIANT BIRDS that once ran across the Pampas?..................
Genesis 1 is NOT a "creation story;" it is an introduction, setting up an example for how to build a society capable of surviving catastrophes, culminating in Noah. The root for Noah's name is repeated all through Leviticus as the "sweet savor" in the smoke of sacrifices (actually 'restful aroma' if one really studies the Hebrew roots). It's a story in which people take a central role in saving animal life in those preparations. It all starts with Noah's repentance, not just for himself, but for humanity. It is why Christ teaches that turning to the Lord starts with penitence. He read the Book for what it actually says. All through that antediluvian story, human sexuality is central, both good and bad. And yes, I've written this up as a commentary. It's an important read whether one is a person of faith or not.
At least it gets the Torah a passing grade on the Second Law of Thermodynamics. :-)
Tyrannobirdus Rex!
Maybe they are what T-Rex ‘evolved’ into?.................
Link: “Terror birds vanished about 2 million years ago...”
Interesting, the Eltanin Impact happened at that time.
Mega Barbecue?
That would do it!........................
Evolution happened
The habitat conditions permitting the mega fauna changed. The smaller and more fit individuals survived.
We do not know how or why the habitat evolved resulting in the elimination of thee fauna.
No one knows how, it just happened. Conditions did something. Evolution just means change, it’s not a force, and the Victorian era bias is dying out.
Yes, even if its likely true that there was a comet strike in the Northern Hemisphere—that does not explain the disappearance of the megafauna in south america.
similarly there was another large scale disappearance of megafauna in australia 50k ago after the arrival of the first people.
Somebody did something
“Megafauna” is alive and well at your local Walmart.
Depends -- may have been more than one, as when a former single object fragments while in space and they hit serially.
Since most of South America is east of Florida (I was surprised too) and the Earth turns toward the east, the impactors would have come in from the south, probably during the southern hemisphere's summer.
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