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Coyote
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10-28-2015 8:13 PM


Prehistoric Utah Rock Art Does Not Depict a Pterosaur, Study Confirms – Western Digs
Dealing what they say is a mortal blow to the interpretation of some creationists, a team of archaeologists has concluded that a panel of rock art in Utah portrays all manner of fantastic figures, but it does not, in fact, depict a pterosaur.
The findings are the result of the first scientific study of a well-known set of pictographs in Black Dragon Canyon, in the sandstone canyons of southeastern Utah’s San Rafael Swell.
The images, first documented in the 1920s, form a rich tableau of eerie, human-like and animal figures, painted in the familiar red-ochre technique known as the Barrier Canyon style.
But due to a combination of poor preservation and decades of defacement, the scene has appeared to some observers to depict a pterosaur a winged reptile that lived during the age of the dinosaurs leading some creationists to cite it as evidence that humans and dinosaurs co-existed.
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I've used D-Stretch on a number of pictographs in my area and it is an amazing program.

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Coyote
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10-29-2015 12:36 AM
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10-28-2015 9:58 PM


Flood?
Sorry, no flood.
The evidence is all against the idea of such a flood in historic times so don't even bother.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?--Robert A. Heinlein
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.

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