Is this proof that dinosaurs existed with men?

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by juantoo3

Kindest Regards, all!

A quick two cents and I'll be on my way:

Umm, guys, if we're trying to be more or less correct here, I think you mean archeologists. Anthropologists are involved distinctly with the social development of humanity.


Yeah, there's something like this along I-10 in Arizona or New Mexico that is advertised for miles; "Come see THE THING!" After years of curiousity, I went to see, and it was an indian girl who must have died in childbirth and was buried in the desert with her child. Now, there is a distinction to be made here as well, what is being described, both the cowboy and indian, as well as bog people, and even Otzi, the 6000 year old body found in the Alps, and in many other places, is that these are mummies, not fossils. This is important, because while mummies are on their way to becoming fossils, they are not fossils. In a true fossil, the organic elements are replaced with minerals. Dinosaur "bones" are not really bones, but inorganic minerals that have substituted for the bone as it decayed. A great example is the petrified trees in the Painted desert area East of the Grand Canyon. For a further clarification, this is why Carbon-14 dating works on mummies, but not on fossils.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion...

See! I told you guys I gotta stop staying up all night reading and writing here. I can't even remember bones from bags, let alone Anthro from Archeo...

Seriously, I didn't mean that the preserved were fosils, merely that instead of naturally decaying at a "relatively" known rate, and disappearing, certain conditions can keep part of the original intact (sort of).

Of course, I have met a few "fosils" in my time that should have been buried long ago...but they're like cussed energizer bunnies, they just keep going...

v/r

Q

[Quahom1]

See! I told you guys I gotta quit stayin' up all night reading and writin' here!

I can't even remember bones from bags, let alone Anthro from Archeo...

Seriously, I did not mean that that bodies were fosils, merely that what we understand to be the "relatively" normal decay rate for dead tissue and organisms, can be altered by conditions, thus allow the object to retain some part of its original design or make up (sort of).

In any event, I have met a few "fosils" from time to time that should have been buried long ago. But they're like cussed old energizer bunnies...they just keep going.

v/r

Q

[Vajradhara]

Originally Posted by juantoo3

Kindest Regards, all!

A quick two cents and I'll be on my way:

Umm, guys, if we're trying to be more or less correct here, I think you mean archeologists. Anthropologists are involved distinctly with the social development of humanity.

or.. perhaps... palentologist?