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Science The Old Earth
Posted by Charles Mudede on Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Meet Ida:
Scientists have found a 47-million-year-old human ancestor. Discovered in Messel Pit, Germany, the fossil, described as Darwinius masillae, is 20 times older than most fossils that explain human evolution.Known as “Ida,” the fossil is a transitional species — it shows characteristics from the very primitive non-human evolutionary line (prosimians, such as lemurs), but is more related to the human evolutionary line (anthropoids, such as monkeys, apes and humans). At 95% complete, the fossil provides the most complete understanding of the paleobiology of any Eocene primate so far discovered.
The whole idea that fossils were the remains of creatures from the past is very recent indeed—it's not even 300 years old. Fossils, which originally meant "digging up," were not a record of time. That fact never fails to amaze me. Without the idea of change, people could not see change.
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I have it on good authority that this missing link died recently on hearing that the Earth was only 6,000 years old.
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So THAT'S why we hide Easter Eggs! It commemorates the time when Jesus hid the fossils and created coal and oil! NOW it makes sense. :)
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It's more than disappointing that this is being handled in such an overly-commercialized manner, along with mass quantities of hype ("The Eighth Wonder of the World" and "The Missing Link!). It makes me doubt the scientific validity of their finding. But I'm sure this will be looked at quite critically as time goes on, so we shall see.
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Newspapers are terrible at presenting science. The stories are presented as fact and/or without the nuances of science. They hype and don't mention details or pertinent facts.
This does a disservice to the public when the next article seems to contradict the previous article. People then believe that scientists don't know what they're doing and/or have political motivations.
This is a factor in allowing people to ignore science. I'll use Native American rituals to heal my child's cancer!
This does a disservice to the public when the next article seems to contradict the previous article. People then believe that scientists don't know what they're doing and/or have political motivations.
This is a factor in allowing people to ignore science. I'll use Native American rituals to heal my child's cancer!
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The mighty Satan is testing your faith with these "tricks" he planted all over the earth. And how quicking "sciencie people" think this "proves" some crazy idea of evolution.
If you think this discovery is scientific you may as well suck on Lucifer's long thick thobbing pre-cum soaked cock!!!
If you think this discovery is scientific you may as well suck on Lucifer's long thick thobbing pre-cum soaked cock!!!
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The mighty Satan is testing your faith with these "tricks" he planted all over the earth. And how quicking "sciencie people" think this "proves" some crazy idea of evolution.
If you think this discovery is scientific you may as well suck on Lucifer's long thick thobbing pre-cum soaked cock!!!
If you think this discovery is scientific you may as well suck on Lucifer's long thick thobbing pre-cum soaked cock!!!
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Holla at Germany. This is where scientists recently unearthed the oldest known "Venus" figurine known to art historians. Shiz is hella old here yo!
-Erika in Berlin
-Erika in Berlin
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So I was in the Missionary Training Center in Provo, UT years ago and some backwater hick from Brigham City, UT was trying to convince me that perhaps dinosaur bones are millions of years old and the earth is only 6,000 years old because the bones were remnants of other past worlds that God had created. To which I said, "Well not only does that not explain fossilized footprints and nests, but if *all* living beings of God are eternal [as I believed at the time, before I got a brain], then how come those dinosaurs are still dead and not celestialized somewhere?"
And then I became a gay. Ah, memories.
And then I became a gay. Ah, memories.
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