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# Old Bones, New Connections - A newfound fossil has scientists rethinking
early hominoid evolution. (SciAm) Back in the Middle Miocene era some 16
to 11 million years ago, Earth was planet of the apes. Indeed, so many
different hominoids roamed Africa, Europe and Asia then that scientists
have had a hard time figuring out from which of these creatures we - and
our cousins, the modern apes - are descended. But a recent find, an
astonishingly well-preserved partial skeleton from north central Kenya,
is helping them prune earlier renditions our hairy evolutionary tree.
http://www.sciam.com/explorations/1999/083099bones/index.html
: Are you hominid? Would you rather be descended from protohumans, reptiles,
gelatinous aliens, demons/deities? What fossil records do demons/gods leave?
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@ Fastband Globalcast a cover? According to info obtained through a contact
at another one of those hush-hush government agencies, the acronym, FBGC,
would better describe Federation of Biological and Galactic Containment.
What am I talking about? http://caus.org/mc090199.htm
@ RODS - Flying Crystals. What are rods? Honestly, I'm not sure what they
are. I wish they had been described in more detail. I don't think I've
ever seen them, but I've seen something else. I have no name for them,
but I've met one other person who knows someone who has seen them. That
person called them the "flying crystals." http://caus.org/fs090199.htm
: Do mysterious flying objects contain us on our planet? Are we quarantined?
Are odd visuals merely artifacts of mind-control programs? How can you tell?
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# Suicide link to cholesterol. (BBC) People with low cholesterol levels are
more prone to suicide and depression. Butter up those fried eggs & bacon:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_435000/435305.stm
# And: Cholesterol linked to dangerous behaviour:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_381000/381699.stm
# Low cholesterol linked to depression:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_352000/352216.stm
# Cholesterol danger from binge exercising:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_352000/352216.stm
: Do you prefer depression, suicide or heart disease? Do the voices in your
head direct your dietary habits? Are you fat enough for the ETs to harvest??
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# 'French Paradox' a health myth. BARCELONA (UPI) The so-called "French
Paradox" a lower incidence of heart disease despite typical Western
risk factors for disease might just be an error, stemming from a fluke
in health reporting. Many more French men die from alcohol-related
causes before they have the opportunity to die of heart disease.
Merde: http://news.excite.com/news/u/990830/16/health-heart-paradox
: Do you maintain/improve your health with vegetarianism, carnivorism, drugs
or alcohol, spiritism, magic rays, alien implants, biofeedback, kryptonite?
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# Solar Activity Heats Up - coronal mass ejection may spur auroral displays.
(NASA) Saturday's major solar flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ej-
ection (CME). The CME was not aimed directly at Earth and experts predict
that most of the mass will pass south of Earth's orbital plane. But there
is a chance that the outer edges of the disturbance will collide with our
planet's magnetosphere. There is no danger to satellites, power grids, or
people, but there could be isolated episodes of intense auroral activity.
Here it comes: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast31aug99_1.htm
# And: Surfing Magnetic Waves in Solar Atmosphere - How the Solar Wind Gets
Up to Speed: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast08jul99_2.htm
# Solar Flares Show Their True Colors - Research shows common mechanism for
flare spectra: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast02jun99_1.htm
# "Cool" microflares are solar hot spots? Secret of coronal heating may be
tiny blasts: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast31may99_1.htm
# Finding the smoking gun before it fires - a new tool for predicting solar
eruptions: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast09mar99_1.htm
: When will Earth life be zapped by a CME? Will ET lenses focus/divert the
radiation & charged particles? Can we focus CMEs to destroy alien bases??
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# Astronomers baffled over mysterious space light. (AP) A mysterious celes-
tial object found 3 years ago is baffling scientists unsure of its makeup
or how far it is from Earth. http://caus.org/pn090199.htm
# Clearing Up a Cosmic Mystery: It's a Quasar. (TIME) A puzzling star turns
out to be not so puzzling after all. A sub-sub-subspecies of quasar - see
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/0,2960,30266-101990901,00.html
: Do you prefer puzzlement or understanding? Which is more rewarding? How??
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# Hotmail hole likely started in Sweden. (CNN) A breach that cracked
the privacy of millions of Hotmail users likely originated in Sweden,
exploiting a Microsoft bug and a simple, innocent program written by
a New Jersey man to save himself e-mail log-in time. Wotta pickle:
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/31/hotmail.folo.02/index.html
@ Link - 10 ways to avoid password headaches:
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/31/password.idg/index.html
# And: Army investigators lead FBI to hacking suspect - "Global Hell"
founder: http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/31/army.hacker/index.html
# Alert - 'Toadie' virus: http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/30/toadie.idg/
: Have you lately penetrated email systems, crashed networks, spread virii,
hacked govt/military sites? Are your Reptilioid/Republican masters happy??
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SkeptiLinks:
@ Earth Alert: http://www.discovery.com/news/earthalert/earthalert.html
@ Revisionist archives: http://www.hoffman-info.com/archives.html
@ UFO and Crop Circles Explication: http://www.rael.org
# Can Animals Think? In "The Parrot's Lament," Eugene Linden Says They Do:
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,30198,00.html
# Top U.S. Laser Expert Resigns After Admitting No Ph.D. - Oops:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990901/02/science-science-livermore
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