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Coragyps

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Message 125 of 295 (447244)
01-08-2008 4:26 PM

Reply to: Message 123 by ICANT
01-08-2008 4:11 PM

Re: differentiating between the observation and the theory

a geological moment more than 500 million years ago

That "moment" was at least 20,000,000 years long, ICANT. And it now appears that it had another multi-million-year moment leading up to it in the Ediacaran.

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Message 222 of 295 (447805)
01-10-2008 9:52 PM

Reply to: Message 201 by ICANT
01-10-2008 3:28 PM

Re: Sudden Appearances

Lucy that I talked about the last couple of days has 8 different skeletons and none of them the same. All of which are claimed to be exact copies of the 40% skeleton that is locked away.

But she isn't "locked away." I saw her - the realio, trulio fossil bones - in Houston last month. And there is only the one australopithecine that was named "Lucy."

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Message 227 of 295 (447879)
01-11-2008 9:49 AM

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01-10-2008 11:49 PM

Re: Sudden Appearances

I always thought if something was stored in a specially design safe it was locked away.

Goes to show you how stupid I am.

Just keep believing everything you are told.

I don't believe everything I'm told, ICANT. There was quite a big fuss over letting Lucy out of the vault to go on her US tour:
Glimpse at Human History - ABC News

Don't be such an arrogant twit.

"The wretched world lies now under the tyranny of foolishness; things are believed by Christians of such absurdity as no one ever could aforetime induce the heathen to believe." - Agobard of Lyons, ca. 830 AD

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Coragyps

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Message 234 of 295 (447940)
01-11-2008 1:09 PM

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01-11-2008 11:43 AM

Re: Sudden Appearances

But if you can't see the real one in Ethiopia I doubt very seriously if you saw the real one in Houston.

The 3D model of Lucy - with "flesh and bones" - was in a case on the west wall. The ACTUAL FUCKING FOSSIL was in a case in the center of the room. Do you really think that there would be a fuss over taking a replica of the fossil out of Ethiopia?

Damn, man! Get over yourself!