Humans are curious by nature
Humans are curious by natureHumans are curious, like the monkeys we use to be I suppose. By nature have always been fascinated by the past. Many feel that unlocking our past can open doors to the future. Our history is brief in comparison with that of the earth, but yet no claims can be made that we are close to understanding our own human existence, or the roads we took in the past which led us to where we are today. In that light it would be foolish that we could hope to understand what happened on earth before our arrival, yet people do�
The stories Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs by: Stephen Jay Gould and that of Kathy A. Svitil Nubian Diet Revealed at Last, each attempt to reach a scientific conclusion as to how these two chapters of history came to an end.
Many attempts have been made towards research and understanding of these events in an attempt to draw from them a hypothesis on the events which took place prior to their results. Perhaps Gould stated it best in his essay when he stated that "we can never be completely sure that a hypothesis is right, though we may be able to show with confidence that it is wrong"(448). Scientist have come up with many theories as to why the rein of dinosaur rule of the earth stopped "once upon a time" and in truth none of them can be proven factually at the moment.
Though the "Disaster" theory does offer some scientific logic behind it since it offers some raw material which can be thrown into the equation. "The impact story, on the other hand has a sound basis in evidence"(453) he continues to state that scientist "�had revealed a massive increase of iridium in rocks deposited right at the time of extinction. Iridium, a rare metal of the platinum group, is virtually absent from indigenous rocks of the earth's crust; most of our iridium arrives on extraterrestrial objects that strike the earth."(453) This backs up the theory that a large meteor could have been the cause of the dinosaurs extinction, if the iridium theory itself can ever be proved? Theories, theories, theories� does anybody do work these days?
Svitil offers a similar approach. Her theory is that the Nubians where believed to use crop rotation (that's a different theory). This means that they would farm one crop and then another at a...
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