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I've been to Olduvai gorge. One of the most humbling experiences of my life.
Is that the place they found convincing modern human footprints in millions-of-years-old strata? Color me jealous. I love paleo-anything. I actually wanted to major in paleoanthropology, before I figured out I'm way too dense for college. You have to, like, learn stuff and work for it. Pfft.
Yes it is. I was lucky enough to visit Tanzania years ago, and we got to stand right where the Leaky's made their discovery.
I don't use the word awesome lightly, but it was awesome.
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I'm holding out for the more modern update, "Newduvai Gorge." I want more timely fossils. Stuff that evolved in the last fiscal cycle.
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Well, let's see. Dinosaurs were the dominant life force on Earth for roughly 135 million years, then suddenly they are wiped out. Most people agree that they never developed any significant amount of intelligence throughout that rather long expanse of time.
Then it took another 65 million years or so for us to begin to emerge from our ancestors that among other things used to resemble rather small rodents during the time the dinosaurs ruled. If the dinosaurs hadn't been wiped out by an extinction event it is doubtful, to my obviously befuddled mind at least, that sentience as we know it would have developed. I'm not saying it couldn't have happened but it seems rather unlikely.
I find the study of evolution and paleontology to be extremely interesting, but unfortunately I'm too lazy to remember much of it. If I were independently wealthy I'd probably make it a hobby of mine. Yes, I can imagine talking about paleontology down at the countryclub.
Then it took another 65 million years or so for us to begin to emerge from our ancestors that among other things used to resemble rather small rodents during the time the dinosaurs ruled. If the dinosaurs hadn't been wiped out by an extinction event it is doubtful, to my obviously befuddled mind at least, that sentience as we know it would have developed. I'm not saying it couldn't have happened but it seems rather unlikely.
I find the study of evolution and paleontology to be extremely interesting, but unfortunately I'm too lazy to remember much of it. If I were independently wealthy I'd probably make it a hobby of mine. Yes, I can imagine talking about paleontology down at the countryclub.
I think the focus shouldn't be on humans as the end all of evolution More of a stepping stone to something better.
DiabolusInMusic
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Come on, everybody knows that one day the whole universe magically appeared and people were created from magic fairy dust. If it wasn't true they wouldn't teach it in the American education system.
Just how did that Noah guy keep the Brontosauri from accidentally stomping the proto mammals flat in his ark; that's what I can't figure out.
It's all part of Jah's plan to make it possible for Hominids to drive down to the store for beer and a pack of smokes.
