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roxrkool
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Message 48 of 135 (514097)
07-03-2009 6:25 PM
Reply to: Message 43 by wirkkalaj
07-03-2009 3:44 PM


How likely do you think it is that no ancient peoples ever came upon fossilized dinosaurs? Or even whale, mammoth, sabor toothed cat, or other large animal skeletons?
Hell, the first time I saw a cave bear skeleton at the museum, it looked like a giant human.

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roxrkool
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Message 54 of 135 (514180)
07-04-2009 2:07 PM
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07-04-2009 9:38 AM


Re: Ancient paleontology
I completely agree. Sounds like an interesting book. I think I'd like to pick that one up.

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roxrkool
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Message 58 of 135 (514201)
07-04-2009 5:58 PM
Reply to: Message 57 by greentwiga
07-04-2009 5:38 PM


Re: Ancient paleontology
Great points, green.
That's why I mentioned my experience with the cave bear skeleton. The second I saw that thing, I thought, "A giant!" At first glance it looked human. I could totally see coming upon such a skeleton a thousand years ago and thinking it was a giant.
P.S. Thanks for the recommendation, RAZD. I'm going to look for that book this weekend.

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roxrkool
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Message 66 of 135 (514268)
07-05-2009 3:55 PM
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07-05-2009 3:20 PM


Re: Ancient paleontology - quibbles
Curiously, one of the beliefs associated with Griffins is that they hoarded gold, and Mayor has a map on page 28 showing the juxtapositions of gold digs and protoceratops\dinosaur bones found lying on the ground, along ancient trade routes, so "purest rubbish" seems to be supported by some actual evidence. The area in question covers from the hindu kush into kazakhstan, mongolia and china.
I'm curious... what does the author mean by "gold digs?"
Does he/she mention the type of rocks?
And what is the connection between these digs/bone deposits and the trade routes? I'd actually like to see the dataset, that would be really interesting. But I'm always skeptical of these sorts of associations until I can see the raw dataset and make my own maps.
Dinosaur fossils are often found in sedimentary rocks and gold can occur as placer deposits, typically as a result of fluvial processes. That's the sort of connection that could make sense, particularly if these protoceratops were excavated from fluvial deposits. The same sorts of processes that concentrate gold, could possibly localize dino bodies during a rainy/wet season.
Okay, I'm heading to the bookstore NOW!

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