Not to mention that South America and Africa, and Africa and Madagascar fit together like a jigsaw. IIRC, the theory is that eventually Los Angeles will be a neighboring city of Anchorage.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 12:02 PM Subject: Re: (o)possums (was: Agfa Competition) > Oh for goodness sake! There is good solid evidence in support of plate > tectonics. The edges of the plates we can get at have the same rock > formation, minerals and fossils as the matching ones now very far away. Do > you believe that mountain ranges were pushed up? Look at the folded ones. > You can see irrefutable evidence that they were. Why is the surface of the > earth rising in places and falling in others? Mountains still growing > upwards? Land still sinking? Because the crust of the earth is floating > about on a molten sea. This makes the inhabitants of San Francisco very > nervous. > > In other words, Plate Tectonics is science. Genesis is a chapter in a very > silly story-book. > > I'm not going to go on with this. > > Don > _______________ > Dr E D F Williams > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery > Updated: March 30, 2002 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "T Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 6:01 PM > Subject: Re: (o)possums (was: Agfa Competition) > > > > 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 > > > -- > > > > > > > > > >
