Re: This may be the most important aticle I have ever written.

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:40:28 +0100, "Uwe Müller"
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Approximately 41,000 years ago a nearby supernova exploded and briefly
bathed the earth with intense radiation. The supernova has not been
positively identified but most likely was what is now the pulsar
Geminga in the constellation Gemini.

The burst of radiation caused many fatalities but also many mutations,
including the mutations which gave rise to modern man with all his/her
mental capabilities.

But modern man had evolved some considerable time BEFORE 41,000. I don't
think that particular part of the their argument holds any water.

Any event of that size would have hit all of life on earth, the mutations
would have been manifested in the bones and plant remains recovered from
that time. AFAIK there is no major common mutation horizon at the start of
the younger palaeolithic..

There is a major extinction in Australia currently dated ca 46,000
BPE. See http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_170.html

The only archaeological argument is made up from the lack of finds in
coastal areas, supposedly being evidence for a lack of habitation. Which is
weak at best.

I don't know about the astronomical and geological side of the argument, but
would like to know which European lakes or lake systems are supposed to have
been created by that impact.

So, as Velikovsky showed, it is very hard to refute a theory from astronomy
based on a singular event. It is easy to promote such a theory, if you only
take care to use arguments from history/archaeology with the natural
scientists, and vice versa.

This does not mean that the theory is wrong, but I see no way to back it up
with archaeologic evidence. And I see no way to prove it wrong either. What
escapes me, is why it should be important for archaeology. It's the old deus
ex machina theme, just the label has changed.

have fun

Uwe Mueller




Eric Stevens
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