They teach us stuff they call facts, when in reality it is all a bunch of theories. Some interesting reading here

http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-10-9/60546.html

Thanks for that Allen
Some truly fascinating and thought provoking stuff.
Cheers Tayla

Great article, Allen... thanks!

My favorite "knick-knack" is a round polished black rock with gold veins. It has trilobites and other single-cell organisms on it. I've had it for many years, got it from an old miner in Az.

Take this stuff with a grain of salt. ...maybe even a whole salt shaker. Usually when you investigate such things you'll find that they are grossly exaggerated or simply not true. There are also numerous hoaxes played on the scientific establishment.

There's little doubt that we don't really know nearly as much as we think we do and there is some data that scientists sometimes just prefer to ignore.

It's not impossible that there was another species that was similar to man that had developed some technology in the past but I'm aware of no solid basis for believing so. Every indication is that our DNA is so ancient that it preceded life on Earth. There's no reason a species might not arise multiple times if a niche opened and closed multiple times. Of course, each of these species would be distinct no matter how similar. The planet has been here for 5 billion years and probably has supported life for at least 3 billion. This is plenty of time for many species to come and go. Bear in mind, however, that an advanced technology and high population like we humans would leave so many fossils as to be impossible to overlook.

OH Allen, I hate it when you do this!! LOL!!!

Ok, my question is.....how do we know something became extinct 280 million years ago?

LOL Diane that was my first thought too, I love stuff like this thanks Allen.. theres also the thought that at some time we have or will have the ability to go back and explore our worlds past, this is not a good thing for us to do methinks

hugz,
Sandra

LOL! I couldnt resist posting this one up, it just makes ya think about things.

My whole perspective is based on my theory that we are like little fish in a fishbowl. We can see everything close pretty clear, but get past our little fishbowl confines and everything is not so clear. Life before us, is a bunch of clues that are far and few inbetween. Some are buried deep beneath us and probably will never be found. Or is it buried deep beneath us?

When looking into space it is even worse. We wouldnt know if there really is an end to space cause we are stuck in our little fishbowl lookin out towards infinity. Every once in a while we jump up out of the bowl to take a limited look around, and now we have the technology to have a telescope just outside our little world so we see clearer. But it is still looking at infinity as far as we know.

Is the world flat? LOL