This sounds akin to an article I saw in Terra Nova a few years back,
arguing for widespread disruptive cometary activity in the early
historic past. Replies in the following numbers suggested that the
correlations were not nearly as strong or precise as the initial
article claimed. Likewise, there is no evidence that the Iraq
crater, if it is a crater, dates to 2350 BC rather than several
thousand years earlier. Until some evidence is produced to show that
it is a crater and the age of the impact, the speculation (especially
in the newspaper version, which made stronger claims than the
website) on athropological efects and correlation is premature.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted
Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at
Droigate Spa
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