Quotes: Cave Formations
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Ancient Spheres: Quotes
From Strange Attraction: The Mystery of Magnetism on the Guatamalan magnetic sculptures, “One of them, for example, which is now in front of the little museum at La Democracia, Guatemala, bears a strong likeness to F.D.R., lorgnette eyeglasses and all.” Shall I add this quote to my Ancient Optics post? From Authentic Maya: Monte Read more…
Language Quotes
“The features of language as listed above are a dated formulation by Hockett in 1960. Through this formulation Hockett made one of the earliest attempts to break down features of human language for the purpose of applying Darwinian gradualism. Although an influence on early animal language efforts (see below), is Read more…
DNA Quotes and Activities
To go along with DNA for dummies? or for the FBI? From Wikipedia: DNA, “However, there is no direct evidence of ancient genetic systems, as recovery of DNA from most fossils is impossible. This is because DNA will survive in the environment for less than one million years and slowly Read more…
Radiometric Dating: Quotes
This is the Quotes of the Day for Scientists Dating? “The rate of creation of carbon-14 appears to be roughly constant, as cross-checks of carbon-14 dating with other dating methods show it gives consistent results. However, local eruptions of volcanoes or other events that give off large amounts of carbon Read more…
