Re: Possible evidence for Stone Age (Clovis) Cosmic Catastrophe?

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:29:13 GMT,
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>Apparently on date Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:24:25 +1300, Eric Stevens
><eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> said:
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>>The story is muddled but the underlying theme is not very surprising.
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>>http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1261061
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>The story is muddled as per typical journalism, but the facts behind it are
>credible enough. Assuming for the moment that there really are finds as
>described, they are quite consistent with a supernova going off as described.
>
>One point about this. If they have found evidence of an impactor in the region,
>fair enough, and it could have come from anywhere. The supernova seems also to
>be established by these other means, and that may make it the most likely
>suspect. However, finding a supernova does not in any sense imply there must
>have been an impactor.
>
The idea of comets from the shell of a supernova explosion is a new
one for me.



Eric Stevens

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