Posted on 05/01/2007 3:52:48 PM PDT by blam
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Another scientist speaking as an expert, leaping to radical conclusions about a field he is not trained in.
Looks like the guy is covering his butt. He talks about Britain going through many changes in climate and then makes sure to point out he isn’t a Global Warming Denier. lol
Scientist or no scientist........everyone should look at the facts. I’m not an Al Gore catastrophist....but if you want to read some real interesting research....do a google search on “NASA” & “earth shift” If you further read about the accelerated rate of movement of the earth’s magnetic North pole, the increase in the strength and frequency of the sun’s CME’s during this 11 year polarity reversal vs. previous polarity reversals, the decrease in the strength of the earth’s magnetic field.....and then take a look at the facts which Mr. Gore is mis-interpreting to cry “The sky is falling.” And one might think that just maybe Emanual Velikovsky was correct when he wrote “Ages in Chaos.”
Mastodons? Mammoths?
Excellent!
If these words were uttered by an engineer, who must be licensed to protect public safety, his license would be revoked for incompetence.
No supporting science, no explanation, no testing of hypotheses, no confirmation of pragmatic testing --- nothing other than feelings.
The pole shift is inevitable and can not be stopped. Plus it is a purely natural cycle. But the GW alarmists don’t want to hear that: they just want to blame people, reduce us to savages and kill off the population. It will be an interesting few decades, centuries(?) as the poles shift and out navigation, electronics etc have to adjust to the change. But we can do it.
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http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=400.500.050x4
West Runton Elephant
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Frequently Asked Questions:
How do we know it was a “he”?
Because of the size and shape of the hip bones. Female elephants have a different shaped pelvis for giving birth to young elephants.
How tall was he?
About four metres high at the shoulder, much taller than modern elephants.
How much did he weigh?
About ten tons, twice the weight of a male African elephant.
How old are the fossils?
About 600,000 – 700,000 years old.
How old was the elephant when he died?
We know from the wear on his teeth that he was “in his prime” – in his forties, and would normally have lived to his sixties.
Was it a mammoth or an elephant?
Technically he is a very early mammoth, which is a type of elephant. It was the descendants of this species that became what we call the “woolly mammoths” that lived in the colder conditions of the ice ages and were a lot smaller.
How did the West Runton Elephant get to England, did he have to
swim? No, Britain was not an island at that time. What is now the North Sea was a valley full of plants and animals.
What animals hunted the elephant?
None, they are far too big to be hunted - except by humans.
What other animals were around at the time?
Spotted hyaenas, giant beaver, extinct big cats, extinct species of rhino, extinct giant deer and other deer.
Why don’t we have elephants in England now?
Because of a combination of factors: Successive ice ages stressed our native animals to such an extent that many became extinct naturally, but hunting by early humans may also account for their demise. After the last ice age sea levels rose, creating the North Sea which then prevented land animals from re-colonising Britain.
What did he eat?
Grass, herbaceous shrubs and other vegetation in an open forest and grassland environment.
Back then was it colder or warmer than today?
We know from the small mammals and the pollen from the plants that at the time the West Runton Elephant lived the climate was exactly the same as today. Although the list of animals living with the elephant sounds exotic, this is because we have lost these species due to hunting and the effects of the relatively recent ice ages, not because the climate was any different back then.
Still the same three choices, and if we don't throw away the opportunity in favor of going back to mud huts and animal skins, we might even get a toehold on other planets as well.
(I should have hit the preview..)
How does Mr. Stringer know for certain that what we are in is NOT part of a cycle of natural change?
“How does Mr. Stringer know for certain that what we are in is NOT part of a cycle of natural change?”
Because his Thought Boss told him so.
Maybe humans have reached a point where we've already adapted to many climate change cycles... maybe.
Humans are only part of the natural environment when it suits the researcher (the “Noble Savage” crapola). Otherwise they are evil. Well except the ivory tower humans—they are good.
the climate was exactly the same as todayLOL!
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