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

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

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

    Zombiesaurs...

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

  3. 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!

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

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