Actually, the theory I like is: The earth was once a moon of Jupiter that got hit by a giant nickel iron meteor which smashed into the core of that moon raising the temperature to the point where meteor melted. The collision knocked the earth out of its orbit around Jupiter and it finally stabilized in its present orbit. Since the planet is now much larger than it was before the collision the surface broke up and the land masses are spread out farther apart than before. Also since the mass of the planet is more than twice what it was prior to collision the gravity is also more than it was back then. The increased gravity broke the backs of all the dinosaurs causing them to become extinct. The lower gravity was the reason the dinosaurs could be large.
Then about 50-100 thousand years ago, a giant spaceship parked in orbit around the earth. There was a mutiny and all the crew was stranded down here and are out ancestors. Strangely, I find the above no more unbelievable than I do plate tectonics or genesis. Points to anyone who can name the books these theories came from. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Langevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 10:22 AM Subject: Re: (o)possums (was: Agfa Competition) > >Yep. Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum). note that it is opossum with > >an "o" unlike the Aussie possum (no "o"). The Virginia opossum is a true > >marsupial with a well developed pouch. It is the only North American > >marsupial. There are several in South America, which at one point, was > >attached to Australia and floating free in the Pacific ocean until they > >separated and S. America joined N. America via Central America. When this > >happened, S. American mammals (mostly marsupials) headed north and N. > >American mammals (mostly placentals) headed south. In the end, the > >placental mammals faired much better in both regions so there are fewer > >marsupial in the Americas. (If you believe in that sort of thing, what with > >plate tectonics, evolution, etc....) > > > >Christian > > I met only one person who did not believe in plate tectonics. I > don't think it is a question of "believing". It is simply the best > theory available, as with Bering Straight migration as the main > source of migrants. As an inside, there was an Argentinian > paleontologist who said he could prove that man appeared first in > Argentina but could never show his bony proofs. In that case it was > a question of believing... > > Andre > -- >
