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Man and dinosaurs, when did we first know about them?
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I've just done an image search for unicorn pictures on Google and got about 98,500,000 hits.
This, clearly, is extremely compelling evidence for the existence of unicorns today. After all, if a few old drawings of animals that look a bit like dinosaurs in some ways is evidence that humans and dinosaurs co-existed, then tens of millions of drawings of animals that definitely are unicorns must be overwhelming evidence that humans and unicorns coexist today.
This, clearly, is extremely compelling evidence for the existence of unicorns today. After all, if a few old drawings of animals that look a bit like dinosaurs in some ways is evidence that humans and dinosaurs co-existed, then tens of millions of drawings of animals that definitely are unicorns must be overwhelming evidence that humans and unicorns coexist today.
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This thread proves humans and trolls coexist.
3rd page and I still don't know what this thread is about...
Jmc copying and pasting from creationist websites. Fingers in ears, missleading titles to links, ignoring everything in links and well utter fail.
No.
Not from me, unfortunately though any link I have provided, seems connected to one of these camps of creationism.
That might tell you something about the validity of it all tbh....
People have recorded the presence of fossils, but not in the context of fossilised ancient animals millions of years old, for 1000s of years before.
I cba to trawl through but look at Greek scholars, i'm not sure which off the top of my head, but one records and theorizes on giant old bones found in the sand.
Fossils provided much of the hysteria associated with sea monsters and fantastical creatures living in foreign lands in the renaissance. Look at Cyclops, possibly the legend came from the discovery of a large skull that looked like it had a single central eye cavity in it. Where do you think Dragons come from??? Fus Ro Dah!
Its not up until the 18th and 19th century that people start doing sciencey stuff in a very proper modern manner, the birth of modern geology, evolution etc etc etc do we really understand it.
I cba to trawl through but look at Greek scholars, i'm not sure which off the top of my head, but one records and theorizes on giant old bones found in the sand.
Fossils provided much of the hysteria associated with sea monsters and fantastical creatures living in foreign lands in the renaissance. Look at Cyclops, possibly the legend came from the discovery of a large skull that looked like it had a single central eye cavity in it. Where do you think Dragons come from??? Fus Ro Dah!
Its not up until the 18th and 19th century that people start doing sciencey stuff in a very proper modern manner, the birth of modern geology, evolution etc etc etc do we really understand it.
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There are Greek vases depicting what are now thought to be dinosaur skulls.
As for the Cyclops story, there is a theory that the legends arose from the discovery of fossil/ancient elephant skulls in the Greek peninsular. However I think that there is a more down to earth (though tragic) explanation
Cyclopia is a rare birth defect but not so rare that it would not become part of the cultural experience.
people who believe a magic man created everything clinging to idea that world is not all that old because it says so in a book non-shocker
B@
First century piece of art from Pompeii.
http://www.douglashamp.com/nile-mosaic-of-palestrina/
Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompei. It was destroyed during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD.
The volcano buried the city under many metres of ash and it was lost for 1,600 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1748. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire
Both of the images on the left are from the “Hunt” mosaic discovered in the House of the physician in Pompeii, Rome.
When the images are discussed, it is within academia, not with the general public.
http://www.douglashamp.com/nile-mosaic-of-palestrina/
Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompei. It was destroyed during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD.
The volcano buried the city under many metres of ash and it was lost for 1,600 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1748. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire
Both of the images on the left are from the “Hunt” mosaic discovered in the House of the physician in Pompeii, Rome.
When the images are discussed, it is within academia, not with the general public.
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Also, if there were dinosaurs at the times of the Romans/Pompei you'd think someone might have commented in some reputable historical text somewhere about the fact that they'd all suddenly disappeared and were no more. Something along the liens of "Hey, you remember those vicious and/or giant reptile-like beasts? Well, the last one died last week. Phew, no more fighting them or riding on their backs into battle!"
Abiogenesis is a discredited theory, and has been for a long time, in fact biogenesis refutes abiogenesis
But you don't need evolution to teach anyone that there is variety/variation in life, even a fool can see this
