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Oldest Known Fossilized Brain Found in Kansas (cue the Helen Thomas jokes!
Fox ^
| 3/3/2009
| Fox
Posted on 03/03/2009 11:29:16 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
WASHINGTON — A 300-million-year-old fossilized brain has been discovered by researchers studying a type of fish that once lived in what is now Kansas and Oklahoma.
"Fossilized brains are unusual, and this is by far the oldest known example," said John Maisey, curator in the division of paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
"Soft tissue has fossilized in the past, but it is usually muscle and organs like kidneys," Maisey said in a statement.
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To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:30:29 AM PST
by
dragonblustar
(Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God - G. K. Chesterton)
To: Red in Blue PA
To: Red in Blue PA
“Fossilized brains are unusual”.....
Not really, just ask Pelosi!
To: Red in Blue PA
cue the Helen Thomas jokes!
OK,i'll start.... She doesn't have a brain,fossilized or whatever.She's just an old fossil....period!
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:32:00 AM PST
by
gimme1ibertee
("No pale pastels,but bold colors".....Ronnie,we sure do miss you,sir!)
To: dragonblustar
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:32:12 AM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(God Bless America)
To: dragonblustar
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:32:42 AM PST
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:33:36 AM PST
by
freedomlover
(Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
To: Red in Blue PA
Paging Kathleen Sebelius , pleas pick up on the house phone. Your brain has been found!................
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:34:37 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(The Zero has more Chicago Bull than Michael Jordan...................)
To: dragonblustar
curator in the division of Helentology
There! Fixed it.
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:35:15 AM PST
by
gimme1ibertee
("No pale pastels,but bold colors".....Ronnie,we sure do miss you,sir!)
To: freedomlover
Oh, you beat me to it.....
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:35:37 AM PST
by
fredhead
(Liberals think globally, reason rectally, act idiotically.)
To: Red in Blue PA
Her name is Sebelius, but she prefers to be called “Governor”.
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:37:05 AM PST
by
MortMan
(Power without responsibility-the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages. - Rudyard Kipling)
To: dragonblustar
I must have some kind of problem. Whenever I see the name Helen Thomas, I just have to look. Once again, I am not disappointed. Maybe BO will send me a check so I can get some therapy.
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:37:17 AM PST
by
Jubal Madison
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: All
“300-million-year-old”
they don’t know that. There is no way of dating such a thing. C14 is useless, only goes back a few thousand years, and usually gives incorrect results anyway.
To: Red in Blue PA
Actually if I were looking for fossilized brains, I’d start in the upper ranks of Congress.
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:38:55 AM PST
by
bigbob
(-)
To: MortMan
LOL now that is quite clever!
To: bigbob
Congress is just rank, upper and lower.
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:46:46 AM PST
by
Waverunner
( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Joe “Gaff Master” Biden seems to have a fossilized brain.
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:53:13 AM PST
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: dragonblustar
What’s that thing about pigs and lipstick?
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:54:24 AM PST
by
Oldpuppymax
(AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
To: SERKIT
Joe “Gaff Master” Biden seems to have a fossilized brain.
It’s a requirement on any libtards resume!
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