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Oldest patch of ground on earth discovered in Israel's Negev desert; unchanged for 1.8 million years
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| May 5th 2009
| Olivia Smith
Posted on 05/05/2009 4:58:31 PM PDT by forkinsocket
If only they could pave highways with this stuff.
Scientists have discovered a patch of the earth's surface that remains virtually the same as it was 1.8 million years ago - and it looks pretty good for its age.
Researchers are calling an expanse of "desert pavement" in Israel's Negev Desert the oldest continuous surface on earth, the current issue of the journal GSA Bulletin reports.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Israel
KEYWORDS: desert; godsgravesglyphs; ground; israel; negev
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To: forkinsocket
I've seen older.
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:00:23 PM PDT
by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: avg_freeper
You rang?
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:02:10 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(e)
To: forkinsocket; SunkenCiv
Looks Like Unchanged I Can Believe In!
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:02:52 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: forkinsocket
Honestly, I thought Helen Thomas was the oldest thing that hasn't ever been touched!
(no pictures please. I've already seen 'em... thank you)
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:03:13 PM PDT
by
John123
(The US may be going down the drain, but everyone else will drown first...)
To: John123
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:06:53 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: forkinsocket
I thought this was going to be a dirty joke about Helen Thomas.
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:08:25 PM PDT
by
exist
To: forkinsocket
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:08:31 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Obama will be a river to his people, and chains to those who aren't.)
To: Red_Devil 232
So the first thing they do is drive on it.... LOL
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:13:31 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(Temporally out of order.....)
To: forkinsocket
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:14:34 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:15:23 PM PDT
by
colorado tanker
("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
To: Gator113
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:20:24 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: forkinsocket
“And vhat a deal I vill make for you to buy this unique plot of land!”
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:20:36 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(You're either with our Constitution, or you are with TKU ("The Kenyan Usurper"). CHOOSE!!!)
To: Gator113
Wonder what would sprout up if they watered an area regularly?
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:22:58 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
THAT would be very interesting to see.
And, what’s under it? LOL
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:25:28 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(Temporally out of order.....)
To: Red_Devil 232
man that area screams for a casino.
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:31:14 PM PDT
by
isom35
To: forkinsocket
Breaking News: They just found a rock with a ancient graffiti on it.
It seems to be written in old semetic characters.
After one year of study, the worlds top Semetic Language experts have reasonably deduced what it says:
“Moses was here...”
below it is a line...
“Oy Veh.. where the heck is “Here”? “
To: forkinsocket
Which is older, 1.8 million years old, or 25 million years?
Atacama Desert (Chile, South America):
“
Recently scientists collected pieces of quartz lying on the ground there and determined that they hadn’t moved since 25 million years ago. This work, they said, shows that this part of the Atacama “is by far the oldest continuously exposed geomorphologic surface on Earth.”
“
Sounds like the Israeli scientists are “selectively scientific”.
To: Gator113
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:39:26 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
You never know, you know. ;>)
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posted on
05/05/2009 5:46:04 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(Temporally out of order.....)
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