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The_jackalope

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17. The same approximate time as the Toba Catastrophe? nt

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Wed Mar 21, 2018, 04:06 PM

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A Star Grazed Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago, and Early Humans Likely Saw It [View all] Calista241 Mar 2018 OP

C'mon now; we all know the Universe is only 6,000 years old... brooklynite Mar 2018 #1

Yeah, ain't we got enuf fake news? 3Hotdogs Mar 2018 #2

What's next? The earth isn't flat? n/t NotASurfer Mar 2018 #3

Well not exactly flat...a disc, if you will...lol Docreed2003 Mar 2018 #26

"Grazed Our Solar System" LudwigPastorius Mar 2018 #4

LOL!!! LeftInTX Mar 2018 #5

details, details.... paleotn Mar 2018 #6

I blame the Science Fiction Industrial Complex. LudwigPastorius Mar 2018 #7

Yep.... paleotn Mar 2018 #10

For a star, that is grazing kurtcagle Mar 2018 #11

"the boundary of a solar system is more defined by its heliopause" LudwigPastorius Mar 2018 #15

Hyperbolic orbits justify hyperbolic journalism ? ;) nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2018 #13

Then the verb is not relative, but rather absolute? LanternWaste Mar 2018 #14

I think "grazed" denotes that contact was made. LudwigPastorius Mar 2018 #16

The suns gravity well extends 1-2 light years out.. denbot Mar 2018 #20

Similar to the Nemesis hypothosis. paleotn Mar 2018 #8

red dwarf....explains a lot dembotoz Mar 2018 #9

Yep.. EX500rider Mar 2018 #18

What a guy! VMA131Marine Mar 2018 #32

Fascinating. Thanks for posting. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #12

The same approximate time as the Toba Catastrophe? nt The_jackalope Mar 2018 #17

Humanity being a few million years old, 70,000 yrs ago is late. greyl Mar 2018 #19

Right. "Lucy" is 100,000 years old, so what happened to climate as a result? mpcamb Mar 2018 #21

But 70,000 yrs ago is not pre-human. nt greyl Mar 2018 #22

I don't wanna get into an event over what's human and what's not. mpcamb Mar 2018 #23

Okay, you might be talking about civilization, not humanity at large, correct? greyl Mar 2018 #25

So, if we're getting into what's humanoid, hell, maybe Lucy'd vote better than a lot of US Reps. mpcamb Mar 2018 #27

Gotcha! Good question. nt greyl Mar 2018 #28

Blood Star of the Neanderthals miyazaki Mar 2018 #24

So it's not fake news - OhZone Mar 2018 #29

Ya, 70,000 years late. miyazaki Mar 2018 #30

Hey, journalists should check their sources before running a story Bucky Mar 2018 #31

Locking - the host feel this is not important news muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 #33