Re: Another What-Killed-The-MegaFauna Theory: SUPERNOVAS!

"Rich Travsky" <" traRvEsky"@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
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> or is that supernovae?
>
> http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050926/mammoth.html
>
> Sept. 28, 2005- A supernova blast 41,000 years ago started a deadly
> chain of events that led to the extinction of mammoths and other
> animals in North America, according to two scientists.
>
> If their supernova theory gains acceptance, it could explain why
> dozens of species on the continent became extinct 13,000 years ago.
> ...
> Richard Firestone, a nuclear scientist at the U.S. Department of
> Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, who formulated the
> theory with geologist Allen West, told Discovery News that a key
> piece of evidence for the supernova is a set of 34,000-year-old
> mammoth tusks riddled with tiny craters.

Was there another supernova around
1500 A.D that got rid of nearly all those
pesky Indians -- in both North and South
America?

Any whites around at the time could have
been protected by their suits of armour.

There is only one priority when formulating
scientific theories -- they must be politically
correct.

Heil Margaret!


Paul.


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