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Ethiopia 27 million years ago had higher rainfall, warmer soil
Southern Methodist University ^
| October 22, 2009
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Posted on 10/22/2009 3:06:22 PM PDT by decimon
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posted on
10/22/2009 3:06:22 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/22/2009 3:07:12 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
I’m sure this news bolsters their spirits now.
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posted on
10/22/2009 3:10:44 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: decimon
To: decimon
What kind of cars did they drive back then?
That could explain it all.
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posted on
10/22/2009 3:16:17 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
To: decimon
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posted on
10/22/2009 3:20:09 PM PDT
by
JusPasenThru
(Never let a good crisis go to waste.)
To: decimon
I was reading recently that ancient Carthage which I guess is about where Libya is now, only 2000 years ago had sufficient rainfall to be a major grain producer.
Now it is more or less desert.
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posted on
10/22/2009 3:21:49 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: decimon
OMG climate change is going to wipe us out.
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posted on
10/22/2009 3:26:15 PM PDT
by
guitarplayer1953
(Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
To: decimon
"Tabor's research supplies a picture of the paleo landscape of Ethiopia that wasn't previously known because the fossil record for the tropics has not been well established."
Sounds to me like someone is getting desperate. And what they have to show is:
"Thirty million years ago, before Ethiopia's mountainous highlands split and the Great Rift Valley formed, the tropical zone had warmer soil temperatures, higher rainfall and different atmospheric circulation patterns than it does today,"
I am not a certified egghead, but I could have told people that beforemountains SPLIT and a Great Rift Valley FORMED... the weather was not exactly what it is today.
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posted on
10/22/2009 3:26:39 PM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(Not White House Approved)
To: decimon
Ugh.....that was 27 million years ago.... I give a rat's arse about it now because?
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posted on
10/22/2009 3:43:55 PM PDT
by
cranked
To: decimon
So what.
BFD
WTF
Like it means squat now.
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posted on
10/22/2009 3:59:22 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: decimon
And this has what relevant importance in life, liberty and economics
how?
How does anyone insult anomalous narcissism without getting the mess on themselves; just walk away, as the smart DNA did in Ethiopia. This leads to my hypothesis, supporting Liberalism is a Mental Disorder, driving through life while using the rear-view mirror leads to reckless and inefficient driving.
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posted on
10/22/2009 4:00:36 PM PDT
by
ntmxx
(I am not so sure about this misdirection!)
To: cranked
Ugh.....that was 27 million years ago.... I give a rat's arse about it now because? Because you expended the effort to reply.
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posted on
10/22/2009 4:11:45 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: TASMANIANRED
BFDMust be if you took the time to reply.
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posted on
10/22/2009 4:12:34 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
At least it was not a 27 million year old reply. =.=
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posted on
10/22/2009 4:14:00 PM PDT
by
cranked
To: decimon
And they don’t see that mankind didn’t make it warmer, wetter, or worse back then?
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posted on
10/22/2009 4:16:04 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
To: cranked
At least it was not a 27 million year old reply. =.=In after the rift.
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posted on
10/22/2009 5:18:16 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: Darksheare
And they dont see that mankind didnt make it warmer, wetter, or worse back then?I see you're not up to speed on quantum history. Just our looking at it changes its state. Hence, climate change. :-0
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posted on
10/22/2009 5:21:02 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
LOL, ouch.
Shroedinger’s climate.
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posted on
10/22/2009 5:26:17 PM PDT
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Darksheare
(Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
To: 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; BBell; ...
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posted on
10/22/2009 6:25:07 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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