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3. Paleobiologists think otherwise

Reply to AverageJoe90 (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:51 PM

Jan 2013

They say that homo sapiens had a near death experience about 60,000 years ago. Our numbers may have dropped as low as a few thousand individuals as a result of adverse climate conditions. A change in the weather bailed us out. Now it's starting to look like a change in the weather may take us out.

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Doomsday Clock Holds at 5 'Til Midnight [View all] Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 OP

TBH, I gotta be honest; The Doomsday Clock..... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #1

good lord man, did you think I meant it serious? did I make it wrong turn somewhere... Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #2

Well, this is the Lounge..... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #7

is OK ~ Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #8

Paleobiologists think otherwise pscot Jan 2013 #3

You got a few things wrong here. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #4

Often wrong, but never in doubt... pscot Jan 2013 #10

Well, alright, but it's never a bad idea to be a little skeptical sometimes, though. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #11

I know it's hard to keep up pscot Jan 2013 #12

It's just one study, though. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #13

I guess we'll be looking at a few changes. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #5

Nice picture. n/t =) AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #6

thermodynamics trumps economics. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #9

Let's go for it Eagle_Eye Jan 2013 #14

cool Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #15