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119 pages of results. 891. The Terrestrial Sea: A Critical Model of Science and Myth [Journals] [Aeon]
... what works and what doesn't, based on our presentday knowledge. With respect to what we discern in evolutionary theory and actually discover in geological evidence, we really find that the two don't go comfortably hand in hand. Indeed, over those selfsame 25 years of examining specula- tive scenarios, I've become a secular atheist who doesn't believe in evolution. The legends of Earth, as we all know, are replete with stories of global cataclysms, fiery inundations, and other dismal stuff that runs the full gamut on a Catastrophic Scale of one to ten. And, in keeping with the spirit of speculation, I'd contemplated what would actually happen if the Earth's rotation were slowed down ...
892. Earth Parturition and Moon Birth [Books] [de Grazia books]
... theory and was supported by Osmond Fisher and others [5 ]. Howard B. Baker distributed in 1932 mimeographed copies of a treatise arguing the case. Lately, several scientists have joined in espousing the notion. In all cases except Baker, the time set for the event has been "near the beginning"- safely removed from the evolution of the biosphere. The "beginning" has moved farther back by a factor of twenty or more, and the Moon is alleged to be four billion years old. However, as will be explained, there is no compelling reason why one cannot argue the contrary: that the Moon is a recent evacuee from the Pacific region, ...
893. The Lion Gate at Mycenae [Journals] [Pensee]
... authenticity. Stratigraphical evidence resulting from site excavation in depth has proven to be a major tool for the archaeologist in establishing a system of comparative chronology. The system is however, not without its pitfalls (11). First, there is the problem of establishing a relative (12) chronology or proper sequential arrangement of artistic objects based upon evolution of their forms. Pottery, that basically indestructible product of all cultures, is of inestimable value in this situation. Second, there is the necessity of establishing an absolute chronology for those undated objects under consideration in order to determine their exact or approximate placement in time. Sometimes, this can only be ascertained through a comparison with objects ...
894. Spectres [Books] [de Grazia books]
... or to organize a new life. Rather I shall concentrate upon the visual effect in itself, and what it conveys about natural events. Uniformitarians usually abandon their position on change when it comes to what ancient voices convey about natural events. That is, in order to hold on to their belief in a natural world that changes by gradual evolution rather than by quantavolution, they say that humans have changed their "exaggeration-rate." They often deny ancient testimony, using pseudo-anthropological arguments that early mankind was superstitious and excitable, hence quite unreliable. What he claimed to see were in fact illusions and delusions; what he passed on as memories were gross exaggerations. In other words, ...
895. Spatters And Planetary Iconography [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... small square- or diamond shaped ringlets may surround the central ringlet. On occasion, only a few nascent dots, not ringlets, will arrange themselves in significant spatterns (patterns of spatters). A more sophisticated spatter, one whose surrounding ringlets connect to the central ringlet- as spokes to a hub, evolves into a fully-petaled flower. This evolution is depicted as follows: Rosette windows, built into mediaeval cathedrals, are the best examples of the fully-evolved spatter. What follows is a picture-by-picture analysis of the spatter in chronological order. To start, we must return to Figure 1, my depiction of a Rhodian plate which highlights action from the Trojan War,(1 ) reproduced ...
896. Comalcalco: A Case for Early Pre-Columbian Contact and Influence? [Journals] [SIS Review]
... enough to clearly modify the culture of one hemisphere in the direction of the other? In other words, is or is not the New World a cultural laboratory' in which the channelled developments of culture, especially of civilization, can tell us something of the nature of man? If it is, then the implications for a new cultural evolution are far-reaching. If it is not, then there are equally tremendous implications of other kinds' [4 ]. Comalcalco is only one example of possible evidence of pre-Columbian contact but it may furnish valuable new information about the broader context of early voyaging. If contact did occur, it may also help us establish from which direction ( ...
897. On Method [Books] [de Grazia books]
... particle shield. It is more than a logical or mathematical calculation. On any question of importance, as here in cosmology, it invokes a sociology of science and a philosophy of being and change. In the famous Piltdown Hoax, a deliberately buried modern brain case and orangutan jaw were exhumed in 1912 and pronounced an exciting discovery in human evolution (see Johanson and Edey, pp77-83). Most scientists, led by an authoritative English group, assigned to the discovery an age of half a million years and Piltdown, England, became a sanctuary of anthropology for a long generation. Harry Morris was a bank clerk and amateur archaeologist. he collected "eoliths", artifacts of ...
898. Questions from the Floor [Articles]
... accepted precepts in every field of knowledge, with the rate of material coming in so that even the most up-to-date computers can barely handle it, I can hardly expect this man, whose mind was as close to any computer that I've ever seen, able to hold all the information about the solar system, our planet, ancient civilizations, evolution, biology, microbiology, astrophysics, and so if he fell behind in the sixties while being weighted down by critical opposition, again, the man cannot be faulted, and whereas new evidence may have come in to support old ideas, these were still old ideas, they were still, shall we say at this point, preconceived ...
899. An Investigation into the Reality of the Early Medieval Dark Age [Journals] [SIS Review]
... Contents An Investigation into the Reality of the Early Medieval Dark Age by Trevor Palmer Trevor Palmer is Professor of Life Sciences and Senior Dean at the Nottingham Trent University. He graduated in biochemistry from Cambridge University and obtained a PhD from London University He is the author of Understanding Enzymes, Principles of Enzymology for Technological Applications and Controversy: Catastrophism and Evolution - The Ongoing Debate. He has been a member of SIS Council since 1986 and is currently Chairman.. A previous paper [1 ] discussed the attempt of the Russian mathematician, A.T . Fomenko, to deny the existence of an entire 687-year period of English history. According to Fomenko, the kings generally believed to ...
900. Pot Pourri [Journals] [SIS Review]
... waves which wiped clean the early continents' but also says it would have thrown up a thick layer of rock and dust, coating the planet. Byerly says it was one of several objects that would have struck when the earth was new and relatively' hot, populated only by bacteria. He says these impacts really changed the course of evolution'. An elephant fossil from the Pleistocene, up to 1 5 million years old, found in the Thar region of Rajastan in India, supports theories that the vast north-western desert was once a fertile plain used by migratory wildlife. Hindu scripture has it that the mythical River Saraswati once flowed through the region. According to Metro of ...
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