Anyways, looky what he hid in Los Angeles!
Now, at least 10,000 years later, visitors in Los Angeles, California, can see the remains of "Zed," a Columbian mammoth whose nearly intact skeleton is part of what is being described as a key find by archaeologists at Los Angeles' George C. Page Museum.Zed was discovered at a construction site in the heart of Los Angeles. An earth mover helping to build an underground parking garage near the L.A. County Museum of Art uncovered the mammoth's skull, according to project director Christopher Shaw.
"The skull was hit and shaved off ... by a scraper," Shaw told CNN Thursday. "We don't know just how smashed up it is, but it's fairly intact because it's a huge jacket we put it around."
The mammoth's fossil was among 16 deposits at the site that archaeologists wrapped, along with the surrounding dirt, in plaster jackets, creating 23 boxes weighing between 5 and 53 tons that were then lifted out intact.
The construction was being monitored by an archaeological consulting firm because the site is so close to the La Brea tar pits -- an archeological site that has yielded 100 million bones belonging to 300 species of mammals and birds.
"It's very exciting for us because each one of these ... could be different ages in the past 10,000 to 45,000 years," Shaw said.
Shaw said both of Zed's tusks were found intact, which is very rare.
"Previously, we've found mammoths but the tusk material was very poorly preserved," Shaw said. "It's very exciting to us to have these two complete, beautifully preserved tusks."
Researchers hope to have the entire skeleton on display by next year.
Shaw said it is unique to have such a major fossil find in the heart of an urban center like Los Angeles.
"Every day we come to work, we're uncovering things that haven't seen the light of day for 40,000 years," he said. "It's an exciting thing that we're doing just that."
WOW- cool, huh?
But wait a minute; how can this be? Didn't God create the earth and all the critters, as well as happy heterosexuals Adam and Eve, just 6000 years ago?
BTW, who performed the marriage ceremony of this lovely couple? What- their children were illegitimate bastards?
And then one of those kiddos murdered the other, only to later go off and get married and raise a family of his own. But if Cain's parents were the first man and woman, where did Cain's wife come from?
And a classic "oldie but goodie": did Adam and Eve have belly buttons?
Maybe the next time Nancy Pelosi gets grilled and scolded by the Pope because of her views on abortion, she can bring the dinosaur and the rest of these questions to His Holiness...
North Dakota's House of Representatives has passed a bill effectively outlawing abortion. The House voted 51-41 this afternoon to declare that a fertilized egg has all the rights of any person.As Amanda noted in her post "Another attempt to grant sperm more rights than women,"
Even though eggs are what are mentioned, the reality is that bills like this are about granting sperm more rights than women. It's about making sure that sperm, once released inside women, are not obstructed from impregnating a woman and maintaining that pregnancy. I say that this about sperm vs. women, because men will still have full legal rights to tell their sperm where to go and what to do. Men will be allowed to shoot sperm in socks or condoms or wherever they wish without running afoul the law. But women will not be allowed to interfere with a sperm's mission once it's inside her. She may not use contraceptive pills to keep the sperm from finding an egg. IUDs may not emasculate the sperm by ruining its motility and keeping it from an egg. She may not have an abortion to prevent the sperm from finishing its work once it's fertilized an egg.Just so you know, the fetus citizen brigade is smiling at the progress made:I say this bill is about putting sperm over women, because men often put sperm in women without wishing to impregnate them. Duh. I'm sure your anti-choice nuts think men who have sex with women on hormonal contraception are either emasculated or sleaze or both, but the reality-based community realizes this isn't true. But while sperm don't really have intentions in the human sense, they're perceived as having purpose, and these laws are about making sure women have no way to interfere with the sperm's purpose once the man has relinquished control.
Personhood USA is pleased to announce that since the beginning of the new year, Seven different States have started efforts for the personhood of pre-born children. In addition, Rep. Duncan Hunter has introduced H.R. 881, the Right to Life Act , on the federal level, propelling the personhood movement forward.Five States have now introduced bills affirming the personhood rights of pre-born humans from the moment of fertilization including:
Maryland / HB925 Delegate Don Dwyer
North Dakota / H.R. 1572 Rep. Dan Ruby
Montana / SB 406 Sen. Daniel W McGee
South Carolina / H.3526 Rep. Liston Barfield
Alabama / SB-335 Sen. Hank ErwinOregon has begun a personhood amendment petition drive, and Mississippi's personhood amendment petition drive is expected to launch within weeks.
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