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Topic: New Fossil, New Gaps ... Lions and Tigers and Bears oh my
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1434 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Message 1 of 8 (715772)
01-08-2014 2:45 PM
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/...ases/2014/01/140106160029.htm
quote: New fossils from Belgium have shed light on the origin of some of the most well-known, and well-loved, modern mammals. Cats and dogs, as well as other carnivorous mammals (like bears, seals, and weasels), taxonomically called 'carnivoraformes', trace their ancestry to primitive carnivorous mammals dating back to 55 million years ago (the beginning of the time period called the Eocene). A study, published in the most recent issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, discusses the origins of this group and describes new specimens of one of the earliest of these primitive taxa.
Although close to the origin of carnivoraforms, the fossils suggest there were even more primitive species in the group in an earlier time period, the Paleocene. Says Sol, "The understanding of the origination of the carnivoraforms is important for reconstructing the adaptation of placental mammals to carnivorous diet. Therefore, Dormaalocyon provides information concerning the evolution of placental mammals after the disappearance of the largest dinosaurs (at the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event). Our study shows that the carnivoraforms were very diversified at the earliest Eocene, which allows hypothesizing that they were probably already diversified during the latest Paleocene." This means there are more fossils out there to be found that can answer the question of the origin of this beloved modern group.
Oh great, more gaps in the record ...
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AdminNosy
Administrator Posts: 4754 From: Vancouver, BC, Canada Joined: 11-11-2003
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Message 2 of 8 (715774)
01-09-2014 1:50 AM
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Thread Copied from Proposed New Topics Forum
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AZPaul3
Member Posts: 8563 From: Phoenix Joined: 11-06-2006 Member Rating: 4.7
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Message 3 of 8 (715820)
01-09-2014 12:09 PM
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Reply to: Message 1 by RAZD 01-08-2014 2:45 PM
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Yah, but which one is it, a cat or a dog? That thing doesn't look anything like the cat kind or the dog kind. And how do these scientists know that trees back then grew sideways?
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1434 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Message 4 of 8 (715833)
01-09-2014 12:57 PM
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Reply to: Message 3 by AZPaul3 01-09-2014 12:09 PM
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... but which one is it, a cat or a dog? ... Yes.
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qabala
Junior Member (Idle past 3404 days) Posts: 1 Joined: 05-14-2014
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Message 5 of 8 (727803)
05-20-2014 4:16 PM
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Reply to: Message 3 by AZPaul3 01-09-2014 12:09 PM
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Trees don't usually grow sideways, but their branches do.
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Larni
Member Posts: 4000 From: Liverpool Joined: 09-16-2005
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Message 6 of 8 (727804)
05-20-2014 4:21 PM
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Reply to: Message 1 by RAZD 01-08-2014 2:45 PM
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Obviously that's just an artists impression. As no body was there at the time there is no possible way to claim it was so. Just another 'Just So' story that lacks the validity and water tight accuracy of the Bible. The above ontological example models the zero premise to BB theory. It does so by applying the relative uniformity assumption that the alleged zero event eventually ontologically progressed from the compressed alleged sub-microscopic chaos to bloom/expand into all of the present observable order, more than it models the Biblical record evidence for the existence of Jehovah, the maximal Biblical god designer. -Attributed to Buzsaw Message 53 The explain to them any scientific investigation that explains the existence of things qualifies as science and as an explanation -Attributed to Dawn Bertot Message 286 Does a query (thats a question Stile) that uses this physical reality, to look for an answer to its existence and properties become theoretical, considering its deductive conclusions are based against objective verifiable realities. -Attributed to Dawn Bertot Message 134
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Larni
Member Posts: 4000 From: Liverpool Joined: 09-16-2005
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Message 7 of 8 (727806)
05-20-2014 4:24 PM
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Reply to: Message 5 by qabala 05-20-2014 4:16 PM
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Trees don't usually grow sideways, but their branches do. Anything is possible for God. The above ontological example models the zero premise to BB theory. It does so by applying the relative uniformity assumption that the alleged zero event eventually ontologically progressed from the compressed alleged sub-microscopic chaos to bloom/expand into all of the present observable order, more than it models the Biblical record evidence for the existence of Jehovah, the maximal Biblical god designer. -Attributed to Buzsaw Message 53 The explain to them any scientific investigation that explains the existence of things qualifies as science and as an explanation -Attributed to Dawn Bertot Message 286 Does a query (thats a question Stile) that uses this physical reality, to look for an answer to its existence and properties become theoretical, considering its deductive conclusions are based against objective verifiable realities. -Attributed to Dawn Bertot Message 134
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AZPaul3
Member Posts: 8563 From: Phoenix Joined: 11-06-2006 Member Rating: 4.7
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Message 8 of 8 (727818)
05-20-2014 6:03 PM
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Reply to: Message 5 by qabala 05-20-2014 4:16 PM
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As the tree grows.
Trees don't usually grow sideways, but their branches do. I was making a rather flippant observation. RAZD, of course, came back with the most wonderful of flippant answers - which just by luck happens to be true. But don't tell RADZ. Welcome to EvC, qabala. Hope you can stay a while and get involved.
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