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Scientists Find Ancient Ecosystem In Israeli Cave

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nature-grey-in-tooth-and-claw dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Israeli scientists said on Wednesday they had discovered a prehistoric ecosystem dating back millions of years. Scientists were called in and soon found eight previously unknown species of crustaceans and invertebrates similar to scorpions. The cave, which Hebrew University Professor Amos Frumkin said is 'unique in the world,' had been sealed off from the outside world since its surface is situated under a layer of chalk that is impenetrable to water."

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  1. Re:stran9e by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny
    > More to the point, how do they know it was evolution?

    Because there was no Intelligent Designer in the cave with them.

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    No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
  2. Original press release--answers many questions by Haberdasher · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.huji.ac.il/cgi-bin/dovrut/dovrut_search _eng.pl?mesge114907691205976587 It's 2-3 times longer than the wire service story and answers the 'what they're eating' question and others.