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As I was lying in bed, thinking about this (I have a brain that just NEVER shuts up), it occurred to me that there may be other similar cases; specifically some of the "feral children" or "wolf children" that crop up over the years. Not the ones who have been discovered in a state of neglect, but the ones found running around "wild" in the woods. My memory is vaguby Byrd - Ancient History
ROFL!!! What a cheering thought! I'm going to have to remember that, myself!!by Byrd - Ancient History
Well, that would certainly explain how they knew that the tunnels had been "under water" several times. Yes, indeed. Someone asked me (on another board) about the sea that had been in that region. I looked it up (there's not much in English, but I'm sure there's a wealth of it in Czec and other languages I can't read) and there was indeed a small branch of theby Byrd - Ancient History
There's lots to quibble with in that paper, to be honest -- the first being that hominids never had that type of locomotion before (flat palm on the ground.) Arguments have been made about when the transition took place from knucklewalking to a bipedal gait which seems to have taken place some 9 million years ago or so (Dryopithecus.) Knucklewalkers also have a different shape than human bby Byrd - Ancient History
Well, yes, the stones WERE once under water. During the Cretaceous/Jurassic eras there was a shallow sea there. Quote “…those Breccia stone layers and the small stones which compound them have been generated and shaped by seawater, …those stone layers have been generated through the overrunning of seawater into this area… after a certain time the sea retired… you can see it here... we can sby Byrd - Ancient History
Erm... "Chief of the Archaeology Department of the Faculty of Philosophy"??? Is this an odd placement for this department? I'm only familiar with American schools, and I wouldn't expect to find archaeology under philosophy in an American university. If this is standard, how does this change their approach to the discipline? If this is unusual, does this mean that the scby Byrd - Ancient History
It'll be interesting to see how his interpretation changes as they uncover more of that lovely limestone bench. This one looks like an upthrust bedding of some sort -- at least, from this end, looking at the photo only.by Byrd - Ancient History