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10-19-2004, 03:29 PM | #2 |
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LOL Shamrock.
I think it's cool. I'm not entirely sure about the bee trapped in amber for 25-40 million years though. I was thinking that the oldest fossilized DNA that we have was about 30 mya, much less having living specimens to take it from. There are also some kinds of plankton whose eggs remain viable after several thousand years. Live, survive, reproduce til infinity [img]smile.gif[/img] |
10-19-2004, 03:56 PM | #3 |
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A bit off-topic, but have they managed to drill all the way down to Lake Vostok yet?
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10-19-2004, 04:28 PM | #4 |
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If I'm not mistaken, didn't they find out that the Earth is no older than 15,000 years old? I could have swore I read that somewhere. I don't think for an instant that its 480,000 years old, heh. Oh well, back to the books.
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10-20-2004, 04:52 AM | #6 |
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Yep Morgan: the people who say that (and I'm surprised they moved it, it was supposed to be 6,500 or so), aren't well respected by the scientific community, nor are they part of it. You can find that 'finding' in a lot of places, and I'm sure you'll have no problem finding it. I can't imagine what, at this point, would prove that. The oldest remains of settlements are fully twice that old.
Anatomically modern human remains have been found that date around 1 million years ago. They'll likely discredit carbon dating (from what I've seen), but they will also have to discredit potassium-argon dating and others if they've done their homework. [ 10-20-2004, 04:54 AM: Message edited by: Lucern ] |
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10-20-2004, 06:04 AM | #8 |
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C'mon now Shamrock, Animalia has shown what it can do. Time for the rise of Kingdom Fungi!
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