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Old 08-23-2011, 01:47 PM
 
Location: New Orleans, LA
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Suppose a paleontologists found a certain kind of trilobite in a rock layer at the top of a hillin South America. Then they found the same kind of trilobite in a rock layer at the bottom of a cliff in Africa. What could the paleontolist conclude about the two rock layers?
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Old 08-23-2011, 03:32 PM
 
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Suppose a paleontologists found a certain kind of trilobite in a rock layer at the top of a hillin South America. Then they found the same kind of trilobite in a rock layer at the bottom of a cliff in Africa. What could the paleontolist conclude about the two rock layers?

Define "kind".
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Old 08-23-2011, 03:54 PM
 
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That the aliens left them in two different places....
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Old 08-23-2011, 04:00 PM
 
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Sounds like a homework question.
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Old 08-23-2011, 05:10 PM
 
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That they both contain a certain kind of trilobite. I'm going to email your teacher...
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Old 08-23-2011, 09:32 PM
 
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I think this was just another hit and run.
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Old 08-24-2011, 11:47 AM
 
Location: Richardson, TX
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Suppose a paleontologists found a certain kind of trilobite in a rock layer at the top of a hillin South America. Then they found the same kind of trilobite in a rock layer at the bottom of a cliff in Africa. What could the paleontolist conclude about the two rock layers?
Are you making an argument for plate tectonics?
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Old 08-24-2011, 02:46 PM
 
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Are you making an argument for plate tectonics?
Who knows? He never came back. But you need more evidence that he is positing in his question.
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Old 08-24-2011, 03:26 PM
 
Location: Richardson, TX
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Who knows? He never came back. But you need more evidence that he is positing in his question.
Or he could be making an argument for homogeneity in Panspermia.
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