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A controversial new idea suggests that a large space rock exploded over North America 13,000 years ago.

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agentX
May 21, 2007, 8:23 p.m.
A while back, scientists thought that early human settlers of North America wiped out all the largest mammals. But that didn't make a lot of sense, giving the sheer numbers of them and the numbers of people. Now, this actually makes sense.
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invest07
May 22, 2007, 8:50 a.m.
One of the unexplained phenomenons in ancient history is the Pleistcene Extinctions. Somewhere around 75% of animal life in N America are alleged to have died, without a viable explanation. This is supposed to have occurred 12-14K years ago.
"Scientists" have proposed many theories/hypotheses but nothing really holds water:
1. Early man hunted them.
2. A killer disease wiped them out.
3. Now the latest theory is that death came from outer space.
The important thing to remember about the Pleistocene extinctions is that "scientists" really know diddly squat about what happened. It's all speculation, assumptions and conjecture. Too much of science today is unsupported by data but is passed off as "fact". And, unfortunately, it is beleived by many to be true.
This is the latest in a long line of theories/hypotheses which will forever remain unproven and is useful only for science geeks to speculate upon.
Don't believe this.
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ru4me
May 22, 2007, 9:07 a.m.
thinking themselves to be wise...they became fools!
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worldmaker
May 22, 2007, 10:28 a.m.
I wonder when the next one will hit? Let's see, one about 13,000 years ago, another 100 years ago. Hmmmmm, and where will the next one hit, N. America, Russia, China, Europe, along similar latitudes?
Space defences? Don't be silly.
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ameliog
May 22, 2007, 10:38 a.m.
Sometimes we can read these theories and think scientists are just throwing spaghetti at the wall. But our growth of knowledge begins with the crude guess and gets refined with further information and testing. They may have this totally correct, or else we may have to sit back and wait on further revelation. One thing is for sure: Whatever the scientific smart people come up with, there will never be universal agreement.
Them's my two-bits, as an unqualified, non-scientific news reader. I like that someone is trying to figure such things out.
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ameliog
May 22, 2007, 12:57 p.m.
I was noticing the clovis arrowheads in the article and wondering if that's what Ted Nugent uses to hunt with; it's a the same level of advancement as his ideology.
Sorry all...that was a cheap shot...pardon the pun...I'd better quit while I'm behind.
Ed, you suckered me in again. Curses!
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eviln3d
May 22, 2007, 2:01 p.m.
First you start with a theory that can't be proven... that north americans came from asia... then you throw on another theory that can't be proven... a gian snowball splatted us... where will it all end and what point does it serve.
For all we know man first sprang up in what is now Dallas, he migrated out first filling Asia and south america and then pushing into europe the middle east and finally africa. So what if we don't have records that man existed in Texas first, I don't have records proving I farted last night but I'm damn sure it happened and damn sure no one can prove or disporve it.
That is the problem with all these theories on the origin and extinctino of man. Some halfwit geek finds a bone or pot and throws out a theory.. No a big ground breaking theory not because they actually believe it but because it make them a better name.
Well I theorize that the earth was created when a space god ate a bowl of astroids and farted, Earth is a juicy fart.
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ListenUP
May 22, 2007, 5:33 p.m.
EVIL3d
All of your theory about theory is rong.
Firstly, nothing good ever sprung outta Texas.
Secondly, pertaining to your noctural poots, check yer undies fer grade A, first class, proof streaks which leads me to
Thirdly, the problem with the halfwit geek is that he NEVER gets boned nor any good pot so he can't discover them ipso fatso.
QED
which I means in Latin American Quick, Easy, Done!