[meteorite-list] Mammoth Stew

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:15:41 -0500
Message-ID: <g38cm3l6g8a5ktklil4u2hjgirkl5gl1cc_at_4ax.com>

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:58:39 -0800, you wrote:

>Well, mass extinctions should give us something of a clue even if we
>can't find traces of an impact, but if I'm not mistaken, the mass
>die-outs occurred several thousand years after the dust layer was laid
>down, no?

The mass extinctions of giant fauna came at differing times at different places.
Times that seem to-- huh, look at that-- coincide with times of first
infestations with humans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction_event

Oh, and here's a new theory:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/12/16/scimammoth11.xml
Received on Mon 17 Dec 2007 02:15:41 AM PST