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re: Mysterious artifacts with engravings of ‘Aliens’ and ‘Spaceships’ unearthed in Mex. Cave
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:04 pm to DawgfaninCa
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:04 pm to DawgfaninCa
Another tactic of the conspiracy nut... suggesting mystery where there is none. Humans cultivated corn through select breeding. Ancients did this with dozens if not hundreds of food crops. There aee ample archaeological and genetic studies to theorize that corn was developed in central mexico some 10000 years ago. There is really nothing remarkable about it.
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Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:29 pm to DawgfaninCa
I mean that's how domestication of a plant or animal happens. You take useful but not that useful specimen and you make it into something that works.
Ancients weren't idiots or else we wouldn't be here. They understood they could change things about the world. They didn't need to know the genetic details. It's not like this is the only plant changed by man.
Ancients weren't idiots or else we wouldn't be here. They understood they could change things about the world. They didn't need to know the genetic details. It's not like this is the only plant changed by man.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:32 pm to DawgfaninCa
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What's an illogical conclusion is concluding that 9000 years ago native Indians looked at a form of grass (teosinte) and got the bright idea that they could transform it into a high-yielding, easily harvested food crop known as maize and corn.
Once again, just like when discussing ancient peoples building things, you give zero credit to human ingenuity.
Wild almonds produce highly toxic fruits (hydrogen cyanide), yet ancient peoples managed to domesticate them. Bananas come from a nigh inedible, because of a huge seed, fruiting plant yet they have somehow been developed into what we all enjoy today. Many common vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, etc.) were all domesticated from the same plant species. Though, no doubt this is because of alien intervention...
The power of artificial selection is amazing. Look at what humans have done to wolves, by examining all the domestic dog breeds.
Also...I'm surprised this thread is still active.
This post was edited on 9/15/17 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:34 pm to nerd guy
quote:Hard to make out but looks like the ancient equivalent to a Hustler or Penthouse clay tablet in front of him.
Alien stroking a very curved dick.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:34 pm to DawgfaninCa
quote:Did it ever occur to you that ancient civilizations drew art like us and sometimes created art depicting stories of fictional beings just like us?
I interpret your post to mean you agree with me that the carvings don't look anything like a human being so if they are not human beings then they are some kind of alien being.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:38 pm to Sasquatch Smash
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Also...I'm surprised this thread is still active.
The call from the water asking for tree fiddy haunts Dawg to this day. It drives him to this madness.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 9:52 pm to BlackAdam
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Another tactic of the conspiracy nut... suggesting mystery where there is none. Humans cultivated corn through select breeding. Ancients did this with dozens if not hundreds of food crops. There aee ample archaeological and genetic studies to theorize that corn was developed in central mexico some 10000 years ago. There is really nothing remarkable about it.
Meh, domesticating wild edible food is one thing but for humans 9000 years ago to look at a form of grass (teosinte) and say, "Gee, I can change this grass into something edible if I can free the grass kernels from their stony cases then somehow develop plants where the kernels remain intact on the cobs because right now the grass ears shatter into individual kernels. Then if I notice among my stands of plants variants in which the nutritious kernels were at least partially exposed, or whose ears held together better, or that had more rows of kernels I can selectively breed them even though I won't be able to live long enough to complete the breeding process so I can get a plant that I can eat."
Come on, dude. Who would look at that grass and think this?
Not only that but they would do all that yet not breed it so that it will grow naturally in the wild.
This post was edited on 9/15/17 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 9/15/17 at 10:00 pm to ZappBrannigan
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The call from the water asking for tree fiddy haunts Dawg to this day. It drives him to this madness.
Meh, you are just jealous of me because I know that sea serpents exist but you don't so all you can do is wonder if sea serpents exist.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 10:07 pm to J Murdah
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Did it ever occur to you that ancient civilizations drew art like us and sometimes created art depicting stories of fictional beings just like us?
Did it ever occur to you that aliens might actually exist and humans have had contact with them since ancient times until the present day?
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