Catastrophism: Man, Myth and Mayhem in Ancient History and the Sciences

241. Velikovsky Symposium- Florida, July 12 [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]

... .html When the sky Fell on our heads: Identification and interpretation of impact products in the sedimentary record by Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds U.S . National Report to IUGG, 1991-1994, Rev. Geophys. Vol. 33 Suppl., (c ) 1995 American Geophysical Union. The big problem with the dinosaur extinction by meteorite impact theory was that 45 years ago people did not know what the signature for a large meteorite or comet impact would look like. Regardless of whether the Chicxulube impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, geologists now know what to look for in terms of evidence indicating such an impact. However, even though the Holocene - ...

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242. Mona Lisa And The Antarctic. File III (Stargazers and Gravediggers) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Stargazers]

... versus evolution based mainly on cataclysmic events. My opponent should have been Princeton professor of biology, Colin Pittendrigh. There was a mutual respect between us (earlier he had visited me and also inscribed to me a biology text that he coauthored with G. G. Simpson, my early antagonist), but Pittendrigh insisted that the problem of extinction in the animal kingdom should not be a part of the debate. I could not see how the two parts of the evolutionary problem- the evolution of new species and the extinction of the old- could be separated in a meaningful debate. It appeared that the friendly relations between us were in jeopardy. Hess, without fanfare, offered to ...

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243. Nevermore. Ch.4 Poets And Visionaries (Mankind in Amnesia) [Velikovsky]

... certain prescience in the poet, although a search in literature would show that astronomers of the time employed the very same arguments to alleviate fearful expectations at the approach of spectacular comets. This may rationally explain some of the elements of Poe's story, but not all of them. The anguish set forth by Poe impresses as a heritage of an extinct generation, or, better, of extinct generations- a trust unrecognised but real and troubling deep inside, under the muffling layer of the conscious mind, the scientist's as well as the layman's. With poetic clairvoyance, Poe temporarily peeled off the muffling strata, and the agony was all there, with its horror welling up and ebbing ...

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244. Earth in Upheaval by Immanuel Velikovsky [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Earth in Upheaval]

... Fossils In Florida Lakes Of The Great Basin And The End Of The Ice Age Chapter 11 Klimasturz: Klimasturz Tree Rings Lake Dwellings Dropped Ocean Level The North Sea Chapter 12 The Ruins Of The East: Crete Troy The Ruins Of The East Times And Dates Chapter 13 Collapsing Schemes: Geology And Archaeology Collapsing Schemes In Early Ages Coal Chapter 14 Extinction: Fossils Footprints The Caverns Extinction Chapter 15 Cataclysmic Evolution: Catastrophism And Evolution The Geological Record And Changing Forms Of Life The Mechanism Of Evolution Mutations And New Species Cataclysmic Evolution Chapter 16 The End: The End Supplement: Worlds in Collision' in the Light of Recent Finds in Archaeology, Geology, and Astronomy. (An Address Before ...

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245. An Unexplained Arctic Catastrophe [Journals] [SIS Review]

... and Greenland? [52] 7. Why do the northern territories of Canada and Greenland, which straddle the same high latitudes as Siberia and Alaska, and which annually experience comparable winter snowfalls and summer thaws, not host similar low' permafrost temperatures? It seems somewhat bizarre that expert opinion confidently informs the public what catastrophe probably caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago but is unable to provide acceptable answers and explanations for a comparable catastrophe which, according to C14 dating, happened geologically very recently, in geological parlance just yesterday'. It should also be emphasised that geologically and botanically the dinosaur extinction' datum compares favourably with the similar one (Pleistocene/Holocene ...

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246. The Caverns. Ch.14 Extinction (Earth In Upheaval) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Earth in Upheaval]

... The Caverns. Ch.14 Extinction (Earth In Upheaval ) ...

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247. Footprints. Ch.14 Extinction (Earth In Upheaval) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Earth in Upheaval]

... Footprints. Ch.14 Extinction (Earth In Upheaval ) ...

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248. Impact Geology (Review)ed [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]

... of continental, subcrustal, and mantle masses. One- or even a few- impactions would not be able to account for that. According to the author the impact took place in an already formed Atlantic Ocean some 11,400 years before the present. If it resulted in glacial melting and reforming it must have been accompanied by massive extinctions. And we have no clarification about the relationship of this event to any extinction. Since it is widely (and I believe correctly) held that the continents and deep oceans were formed, and seasonality of climate began, after the end of the Cretaceous (see J. Tuzo Wilson and also Furon, both in P.M ...

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249. Fossils. Ch.14 Extinction (Earth In Upheaval) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Earth in Upheaval]

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250. Chapter VII: The Earth [The Age of Velikovsky] [Books]

... ; the proclaimed enemy of this theory proved to be its only ally. The real enemy of the theory of evolution is the teaching of uniformity, or the non-occurrence of any extra-ordinary events in the past This teaching, called by Darwin the mainstay of the theory of evolution, almost set the theory apart from reality". 23 The mass extinctions of well-adapted species about the end of the last ice age can be reasonably accounted for by catastrophism. Catastrophic events also provide an explanation for the ice ages themselves. And during the same events that caused the extinction of species, it is readily conceivable that conditions were right for the generation of new species. Professor Lewis M. Greenberg ...

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