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Ice-Age Fossils Unearthed At Construction Site In California

An anonymous reader writes: Constructions workers in Carlsbad, CA. have recently discovered Ice Age mammoth and prehistoric bison fossils during an excavation. The fossils were taken to the San Diego Museum of Natural History for examination and storage. "The bison fossil, which includes a skull and partial skeleton, is the most unusual and probably the most complete of the larger animals found at the project site. These are big animals, much larger than modern plains bison," said curator of paleontology at the San Diego Museum of Natural History, Tom Deméré.

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  1. It must have been cold by rossdee · · Score: 0

    For California to have had ab uce age

    1. Re:It must have been cold by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      For California to have had ab uce age

      It must have been cold and frozen your balls off back then, that is why you went back to sucking junkies dicks in the back alleys you fucking faggot!

    2. Re:It must have been cold by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      For California to have had ab uce age

      It must have been cold and frozen your balls off back then, that is why you went back to sucking junkies dicks in the back alleys you fucking faggot!

      He has Elon Musk's dick so far down his throat that he can't even type properly.

    3. Re:It must have been cold by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      For California to have had ab uce age

      It must have been cold and frozen your balls off back then, that is why you went back to sucking junkies dicks in the back alleys you fucking faggot!

      This is the second post I've seen on slashdot today with the same crude comment - I just hope that the author is no more than twelve years old, otherwise they really need to grow up.

      (FWIW, no amount of profanity offends me in the least ... I just find the above juvenile.)

    4. Re:It must have been cold by michelcolman · · Score: 2

      First ET cartridges, now Ice Age props, I wonder what they'll dig up next.

    5. Re:It must have been cold by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

      Jimmy Hoffa, Shergar, Jim Morrison...

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  2. Brendan Fraser? by estitabarnak · · Score: 0

    Because nobody Rs TFA: This was found in Carlsbad, closer to San Diego than LA -- any chance we can skip the Encino Man jokes? Please?

    1. Re:Brendan Fraser? by fustakrakich · · Score: 1

      I thought it was Encinitas Man...

      Were these fossils found in a giant barbeque pit? Carlsbad used to have them on the beach there.

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    2. Re:Brendan Fraser? by dgatwood · · Score: 1

      Because nobody Rs TFA: This was found in Carlsbad, closer to San Diego than LA -- any chance we can skip the Encino Man jokes? Please?

      No chance of that, buuuuuuuuuddy.

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    3. Re:Brendan Fraser? by Bathroom+Humor · · Score: 2

      I want to rewatch this movie again.
      Truly a masterpiece of film.
      gonzagas
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    4. Re:Brendan Fraser? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      any chance we can skip the Encino Man jokes? Please?

      No. That guy is our ticket to fame and popularity.

    5. Re:Brendan Fraser? by arglebargle_xiv · · Score: 2

      Because nobody Rs TFA: This was found in Carlsbad, closer to San Diego than LA

      Well everyone knows that San Diego has fossils, several of them teach maths at UCSD.

  3. And still the xians' lies.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    That the Earth is only 5,000 years old continue. They're so stupid.

    1. Re:And still the xians' lies.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That the Earth is only 5,000 years old continue. They're so stupid.

      Most Christians don't believe that. As in, the vast, vast majority of Christians reject the Young Earth viewpoint. The overwhelming majority of Bible-believing Christians accept the scientific Old Earth viewpoint. But hey, if you have to lie about a group and grossly misrepresent them just to try to make them look bad, you are actually paying them a compliment. It means of all the flaws that all groups of people always have, because they are people, you couldn't find a Christian flaw that was more obvious than some stupid lie, so you went with that lie. As a Christian I am grateful for this, and I hope more people follow your example. It can only help the cause of the Christian faith. Your desperation and hatred is a greater and more obvious testament to our validity than any charity or good works I could name. After all, you could always claim that charity was done for some kind of PR or other ulterior motive. And most Christians who sacrifice their money and time to perform charity want to be anonymous because the opinions of fellow men/women are not their goal. But no, your childish resentment is completely genuine, and completely blatant, and for that, I thank you.

    2. Re:And still the xians' lies.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Link?

    3. Re:And still the xians' lies.... by Tulsa_Time · · Score: 1

      Agreed. Most Christians do not interpret a partial family tree listing as a representation of the age of the earth. Most people that believe in God do not reject science. its a pitiful stereotype. The anti-religion crowd likes to belittle and attack as stupid anyone that believes in a higher power. Its not an appealing physiological profile for slashdot members to treat people that way.

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    4. Re: And still the xians' lies.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Slashdot dwellers can be described in many ways, but "attractive" is not one of them.

    5. Re:And still the xians' lies.... by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 2

      >The anti-religion crowd likes to belittle and attack as stupid anyone that believes in a higher power.

      Would you like some fries with your strawman?

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    6. Re:And still the xians' lies.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes! Fries are tasty. Straw, not so much.

    7. Re: And still the xians' lies.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Aaaah, yes. There's that lack of faith in scientific study. Gotta bash Christians right off the bat, even though no one mentioned it. Loser.

    8. Re:And still the xians' lies.... by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Most people that believe in God do not reject science.

      Except when it comes to their particular precious little unfounded beliefs, which they have to retain so that a) they can think their parents were good people and not just another cog in a system of control which brainwashed them and b) so they can think they're intelligent and logical and haven't just wasted their life believing unfounded bullshit completely unsupported by any science or logic.

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    9. Re:And still the xians' lies.... by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

      It means of all the flaws that all groups of people always have, because they are people, you couldn't find a Christian flaw that was more obvious than some stupid lie, so you went with that lie.

      Maybe. Or it could be that out of the many ridiculous things you believe it's the most related to the topic at hand.

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    10. Re:And still the xians' lies.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      just like the unfounded, un proven theory of man caused climate change? you taking about small little minds like that? there is not denying climate change. proof is right there in the ground, but to blame man is just a convenient way to guilt trip everyone into paying carbon taxes, live in smaller houses and get them to leave a 'smaller' footprint. never mind the people pushing this crap have carbon footprints so large the rest of us does not matter. Obama in Alaska pushing the propaganda that global warming is around us affecting all of us detrimentally and darn it if we do not do something right this moment we all doomed. remember when guys like that hung on street corners with signs? THE END IS NEAR. then he turns around and talks about ordering more ice breaker ships. huh? if all the ice is going to melt, why the hell you need ice breakers? proof that even the people spouting this stuff do not believe it. they all remind me of the old time snake oil salesmen.

    11. Re:And still the xians' lies.... by ChrisMaple · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The purported record of births and deaths in the Bible leads to the inescapable conclusion that the earth is about 6000 years old. If you define Christian as someone you believes, reads, and understands the Bible, anyone rejecting the young earth claim is not a Christian.

      On the other hand, if the Bible is just a collection of allegories, then any conclusion is possible by suitably "interpreting" the text. In that case, Christianity means nothing. You can't have it both ways.

      The reality? Most people don't bother examining their beliefs carefully, don't see the contradictions and don't worry about it when contradictions are pointed out. They try to live their lives reasonably and otherwise don't agonize over things that don't really affect them. It's not a bad way to live, but it's not how mankind advances.

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  4. Wanted 10 Wooly Mammoths by lazy+genes · · Score: 0

    I need them for clearing land in northern Minnesota. Hopefully before it all burns.

  5. Construction nightmare. by jklovanc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just what every project manager wants to hear, "Everybody go home we found some bones. We'll call you when you can come back".

    1. Re:Construction nightmare. by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 1

      Just what every project manager wants to hear, "Everybody go home we found some bones. We'll call you when you can come back".

      Don't worry - NCIS Los Angeles is on the case. They almost always figure everything out within 44 minutes. But there will probably be some explosions, so watch yourself.

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    2. Re:Construction nightmare. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Could be worse. They could have tried to build on top of the ancient mammoth burial grounds, angering the mammoth spirits, who would come back as zombies.

    3. Re:Construction nightmare. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Tomorrow's news: "Carlsbad project manager who reported fossils fired for delaying project."

    4. Re:Construction nightmare. by ChrisMaple · · Score: 1

      Worse than that, they come back as lawyers.

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  6. Ice-Age Fossil Unearthed? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I must have been asleep.

    I though Pat Robertson was still alive?

  7. What should be noted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Is the fact that these fossils were located in relatively close proximity to human graveyards, suggesting that humans and dinosaurs did in fact coexist and live together in peace and harmony.

    Thus proving, yet again, that the Bible is the truth, and that nonbelievers are garbage and filth and dirty homosexuals that will burn in Hell for the rest of eternity.

    Enjoy your fire and brimstone, you fags, Jews, Muslims, atheists, and whoever doesn't believe in the One True Faith Known as Roman Catholicism. I hope you get raped by your false prophets, you disgusting pieces of crap, and I hope you all catch the GRID.

    I think we should have another Crusade, just to forcibly convert all of you fools and faggots to the proper religion, and kill everyone who doesn't want to be Saved.

    The Lord wants us to do this.

    1. Re:What should be noted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      Of course it takes a Christian to think a mammoth is a dinosaur.
      Have you been watching too much Flintstones?
      Did you think it was a documentary based on your silly bible?

    2. Re:What should be noted by michelcolman · · Score: 1

      I don't think he was being entirely serious, and I could have sworn I heard a whooshing sound when I read your comment. But just for the record, mammoths indeed were not dinosaurs and lived in a completely different time period together with early humans who hunted them.

    3. Re:What should be noted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Thats why I modded him funny and posted anonymous.

      Nobody could actually be that thick. On the other hand, never give up a good opportunity to make fun of religion.

    4. Re:What should be noted by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 1

      Nobody could actually be that thick.

      You don't know really religious people if you still believe that. They don't call it "blind faith" for nothing.

    5. Re:What should be noted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well I try not to.

  8. You are all dead cows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    You are all dead cows and your bones will be found 20 million years from now in a cockroach suburb. You are a cow ghost: say boomoooo, boomoooo, ghost-cows say boomoooo

    1. Re:You are all dead cows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      Nyahahah boomoo indeed.

      If you keep that up, you'll turn us into cows, and we'll have no choice but to follow your instructions. Oh, so that's your game. Clever . . .

    2. Re:You are all dead cows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's not nice to make fun of the Wooly Bully
      Cow hung up draining from a pulley.
      Wooly bully, wooly bully.
      Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully.

  9. Say what you mean by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ice-Age Fossils Unearthed At Construction Site In California

    Oh, early Republican convention no doubt. McCain for sure.

  10. Here's a tip by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 1

    If they found an acorn, they better stay away from a safe distance. There's probably a prehistoric squirrel or something nearby and believe me, he's trouble.

  11. RTFA. by westlake · · Score: 1

    Just what every project manager wants to hear, "Everybody go home we found some bones. We'll call you when you can come back".

    ''Take your time, this is kind of cool,'' said John Suster, Cornerstone's project superintendent after his team notified him of the find.

    ''It's a perfect example of how a mass grading operation can still be sensitive to historical and paleontological concerns. We stop everything or go grade another area on the site,' 'said Cornerstone CEO, Ure Kretowicz, who was apparently excited his company found the fossils at the project site.

    1. Re:RTFA. by jklovanc · · Score: 1

      This is a rather different project. It is 636 condos, with some affordable housing and low-income apartments on 156-acres. They have plenty of room to work elsewhere while the paleontologists do their work. Most projects do not have that luxury.