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Ice Age Beasts Blasted from Space

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-galactic-shotgun dept.

ianare writes "Eight tusks and a bison skull all show signs of having being blasted with iron-nickel fragments, typical meteorite material. Raised, burnt surface rings trace the point of entry of high-velocity projectiles; and the punctures are on only one side, consistent with a blast coming from a single direction. But the team was astonished to find the animal remains were about 35,000 years old, rather than from the known impact of 13,000 years ago."

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  1. Hey! I remember that episode by alshithead · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wasn't that when the Enterprise went back in time and Captain Kirk made a hand held cannon that used primitive gunpowder and meteor fragments to blast the bad alien beasties?

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    1. Re:Hey! I remember that episode by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dude, you are mixing your episodes... Isn't that considered a serious faux pas around here? They did NOT go back in time for the episode where the captain had to go one on one against the Gorn Captain. That one was setup by an advanced race - the Metrons. There were time jumping episodes, but the one where he had to make gunpowder from raw sulphur, salt peter (or whatever - go ahead and correct me), etc. was definitely NOT a time jumping one.

      However, I do believe this "Gorn" episode was the one that "Galaxy Quest" targeted (precisely) when they had "crewman number 6" (Guy) ask Commander Tagert if he could construct a "rudimentary lathe".

      Damn. If you are going to invoke Trek - get it right!

  2. so *that's* where buffalo nickles came from by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok, I got nothing.

  3. That was no comet by Tyrsenus · · Score: 5, Funny

    The simplest explanation tends to be the best. Tyrannosaurs in F-14's.

    1. Re:That was no comet by B3ryllium · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ah yes, the good old "Occam's Space Laser" theory.

  4. Re:1,000,000,000 to 1 by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey! I just got hit by a small meteor, you insensitive clod! Ouch!

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  5. Re:Cool by RuBLed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Zombiesaurs...

    (Hey why isn't there a movie about dinosaur zombies yet?)

  6. Re:1,000,000,000 to 1 by Prof.Phreak · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or from scientist's perspective, it was in the right place at the right time.

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  7. Second Obvious Conclusion... by aasmodeus · · Score: 4, Funny

    God sneezed. Intelligent Sneezing, no less!

  8. Blast points? by QuantumFlux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too accurate for Sandpeople. Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise.