Posted on 08/13/2003 9:02:05 PM PDT by nwrep
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By RAMOLA TALWAR BADAM, Associated Press Writer
BOMBAY, India - U.S. and Indian scientists said Wednesday they have discovered a new carnivorous dinosaur species in India after finding bones in the western part of the country.
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The new dinosaur species was named Rajasaurus narmadensis, or "Regal reptile from the Narmada," after the Narmada River region where the bones were found.
The dinosaurs were between 25-30 feet long, had a horn above their skulls, were relatively heavy and walked on two legs, scientists said. They preyed on long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs on the Indian subcontinent during the Cretaceous Period at the end of the dinosaur age, 65 million years ago.
"It's fabulous to be able to see this dinosaur which lived as the age of dinosaurs came to a close," said Paul Sereno, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago. "It was a significant predator that was related to species on continental Africa, Madagascar and South America."
Working with Indian scientists, Sereno and paleontologist Jeff Wilson of the University of Michigan reconstructed the dinosaur skull in a project funded partly by the National Geographic (news - web sites) Society.
A model of the assembled skull was presented Wednesday by the American scientists to their counterparts from Punjab University in northern India and the Geological Survey of India during a Bombay news conference.
Scientists said they hope the discovery will help explain the extinction of the dinosaurs and the shifting of the continents how India separated from Africa, Madagascar, Australia and Antarctica and collided with Asia.
The dinosaur bones were discovered during the past 18 years by Indian scientists Suresh Srivastava of the Geological Survey of India and Ashok Sahni, a paleontologist at Punjab University.
When the bones were examined, "we realized we had a partial skeleton of an undiscovered species," Sereno said.
The scientists said they believe the Rajasaurus roamed the Southern Hemisphere land masses of present-day Madagascar, Africa and South America.
"People don't realize dinosaurs are the only large-bodied animal that lived, evolved and died at a time when all continents were united," Sereno said.
The cause of the dinosaurs' extinction is still debated by scientists. The Rajasaurus discovery may provide crucial clues, Sereno said.
India has seen quite a few paleontological discoveries recently.
In 1997, villagers discovered about 300 fossilized dinosaur eggs in Pisdura, 440 miles northeast of Bombay, that Indian scientists said were laid by four-legged, long-necked vegetarian creatures.
Indian scientists said the dinosaur embryos in the eggs may have suffocated during volcanic eruptions.
Essentially StolarStorm said that creationism was not science and a waste of time, maybe specifically for only this thread, but I got the impression for any science thread. Now you actively seek the creationist viewpoint on this thread. Those are contradictory viewpoints.
This indicates to me that Genesis 2:4 through 3:24 are describing events concurrent to Creation week, but taking place in the Spiritual realm. In the end, Adam/Eve are banished to mortality, i.e. the physical realm.
Once that distinction of Spiritual v physical was made, all the other pieces seemed to fall into place easily - for me.
Thanks for the explanation.
You know something, you're the first Christian I've met who's ever said anything about the discrepancy that makes sense to me.
Interested in the Kabbalah?
Thank you for the links, I'll certainly read them.
I am much interested in the Jewish Kabbalah - particularly in the true, Jewish form. Here's a thread where we explored some of the aspects: Extension of Objectivism discussion concerning the Soul
I'd love to chat with you about it, if you have anything you'd like to share!
I'm puzzled as how you can conclude that when neither of you addressed anything to the aggrieved party? Plus I fail to see how Post 72 is anything but inflammatory.
Interesting. I have also seen a couple of things that weren't there over the past 50 years. I have always wondered why seeing is regarded as proof of anything. Most of us have at least occasional vivid dreams -- without assuming them to have any physical basis "out there". Schizophrenics routinely see things that aren't there. Somewhere between sleep and madness, many of us have occasional moments of waking dream.
Of course, I whole heartedly agree with that. But that change does not solve the disparity with the unwelcomeness expressed by the comment that started the name-calling sequence.
I've really only made a very cursory study of it, concentrating mainly on the characteristics of the Sephiroth. I'm fascinated in the concept of the path to conciousness from Kether through to Malkuth.
Of course. Evolution is a scientific theory; it's based on a naturalistic world-view, and references only verifiable observational evidence. Creationism, on the other hand, is based on a religious text.
I assume "the aggrieved party" you're speaking of is gore3000. All my agreement-related posts concerning his conduct were addressed to him. As for post 72, ALS had previously been declared a troll in accordance with the agreement. My comments were thus not improper. It seems you are greatly interested in the agreement. Why not sign on to it? Try it; you'll like it.
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