tracer Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 controversy? me? get the dino saddle ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Controversy you think. Going to be interesting to watch this Galveston Island 32 miles long 2 miles wide 134 bars 23 liquor stores any questions? Evolution is Chimp Change. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain! "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irradiatus Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 show of hands - how many of our resident fossil hunters have found homo teeth in pre-KT formations? Unfortunately, my strangest hominid fossil is just a mermaid bone [link] "The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be. " - Douglas Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Man-oh-man, what a fossil!!! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irradiatus Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 From the masterfully hilarious XKCD "The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be. " - Douglas Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 i don't mind you reading xkcd, because i do, but on your webpage, that line, "we all boil down to biochemistry", um, the way you turn a phrase is fairly distrubing. (yes, i know, but "distrubing" is funny, and it all boils down to humor in the end, n'est-ce pas?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irradiatus Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I have one more hilarious comic I'd like to share, but it is pretty offensive to some. Thus I link. Do not click if easily offended. Sorry Tracer - I had to boil brain protein the day I wrote that. Luckily I will be working with brainless organisms from now on... "The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be. " - Douglas Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 Sorry Tracer - I had to boil brain protein the day I wrote that. omelet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irradiatus Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 omelet? If by "omelet" you mean "Western blot," then yes - it was for an omelet. "The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be. " - Douglas Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irradiatus Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Seriously though, those are pretty cool beasts (the synapsids from the opening article). I wonder what the relative frequency for fossilizing tree-dwelling animals is compared to other creatures. I guess even they would have to hop down to the river to get a drink. Or maybe they often fell into the water/tar pits/whatever from the trees. I was a bit surprised that its a new find, yet they found fifteen specimens! Or perhaps it wasn't really a new find - perhaps the arboreal nature is the new finding and scientists have known about the species for years? I'm no expert on paleontology... </ramble> "The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be. " - Douglas Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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