[ari-freedom]

I used to believe the universe was billions of years old 9big bang, etc) but the discovery of soft tissues in dinosaur fossils was the catalyst that led me to re-evaluate everything.

[allmendream]

Then you have willingly discarded the opinion of the scientist who did this research and published those findings in favor of the explanation of a few crackpots who did nothing.

If dinosaurs lived a few thousand years ago then these fossils would not have to be de-mineralized, they would be bone, and we would find dinosaur bones in the same strata as lion and tiger bones; or at least lion and tiger fossils in the same strata as dinosaur fossils.

[GodGunsGuts]

Believe it or not, you are the first FReeper to publicly state that these finds have caused you to reevaluate the evolutionary time-line. Thanks a bunch for your reply.

All the best—GGG

[wendy1946]

What did it for me was well recognizable dinosaur types in Amerind petroglyphs, e.g.

Amerind oral traditions describe Mishipishu (the "water panther" or stegosaur) as having a sawblade back, red fur, a catlike face, and a "great spiked tail" which he used as a weapon. Louis and Clarke noted that their Indian guides were in mortal terror at the sight of Mishipishu glyphs along the Mississippi river.