tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post1463092854813692676..comments2024-03-29T05:14:33.223-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Don't bring back the passenger pigeonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-23112078755034222322014-03-04T13:30:13.498-08:002014-03-04T13:30:13.498-08:00"The bed bug was brought back from extinction..."The bed bug was brought back from extinction. At least in this country."<br /><br />You can thank third world immigration for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56526976848738878072014-03-04T12:41:36.915-08:002014-03-04T12:41:36.915-08:00Mann's thesis seems pretty contrived, since we...Mann's thesis seems pretty contrived, since we're not digging up piles of Indio-American bones at construction sites or utility digs, and there are no sprawling Indio-American ruins all over the place.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-15427266077271861222014-03-03T19:38:46.761-08:002014-03-03T19:38:46.761-08:00The bed bug was brought back from extinction. At l...The bed bug was brought back from extinction. At least in this countryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-70260523333064133122014-03-03T12:23:10.480-08:002014-03-03T12:23:10.480-08:00Actually the Tasmanian Tiger would be a better bet...Actually the Tasmanian Tiger would be a better bet -- easier to do as well.<br /><br />Assuming, of course, that it's really extinct....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26371528582894178532014-03-03T11:32:31.223-08:002014-03-03T11:32:31.223-08:00Actually, the Thylacine has to be the #1 species w...Actually, the Thylacine has to be the #1 species worthy of being brought back from extinction.Camlostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74168765746429174622014-03-03T11:30:44.154-08:002014-03-03T11:30:44.154-08:00Maybe they could bring back the Carolina Parakeet ...Maybe they could bring back the Carolina Parakeet instead.Camlostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-28002395481090083702014-03-03T09:46:07.664-08:002014-03-03T09:46:07.664-08:00Patrick O'Brian also had some fascination with...Patrick O'Brian also had some fascination with the Kerguelens: he set some of the Aubrey-Maturin saga on them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66683884065083617222014-03-03T09:14:10.483-08:002014-03-03T09:14:10.483-08:00"FWIW, weren't horses likely first domest..."FWIW, weren't horses likely first domesticated in the Ukraine?"<br /><br />yesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3322668949879498592014-03-03T09:03:04.292-08:002014-03-03T09:03:04.292-08:00we could bring in Chinese Needle Snakes to keep th...we could bring in Chinese Needle Snakes to keep the passenger pigeons under control.Automatic_Wing https://www.blogger.com/profile/10174899673368042634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80140932812603325292014-03-03T05:47:56.829-08:002014-03-03T05:47:56.829-08:00Why has no one suggested bringing back Paul Walker...Why has no one suggested bringing back Paul Walker? You could confine him to Catalina Island in case anything went wrong...slumber_jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80440477984403977572014-03-03T04:48:40.842-08:002014-03-03T04:48:40.842-08:00Anonydroid at 9:49 PM said: FWIW, weren't hor...Anonydroid at 9:49 PM said: FWIW, weren't horses likely first domesticated in the Ukraine?<br /><br />Hunsdon said: If not in Ukraine proper, certainly on the vast Eurasian steppe, a sea of grass running from Hungary to China.Hunsdonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-60260360096163101922014-03-02T22:09:35.360-08:002014-03-02T22:09:35.360-08:00…only as far south as Vancouver is north…
I was t...<i>…only as far south as Vancouver is north…</i><br /><br />I was thinking Winnipeg-- 49° above the equator and below the zero mark. More to the point, this week, it's at the same latitude as Kiev. Reg Cæsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24005320701733932972014-03-02T21:49:55.593-08:002014-03-02T21:49:55.593-08:00More Neanderthal Ukranian news, from "Neander...More Neanderthal Ukranian news, from <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8963177/Neanderthals-built-homes-with-mammoth-bones.html" rel="nofollow">"Neanderthals built homes with mammoth bones"</a>:<br /><br /><br /><i>"...the <b>remains of a 44,000 year old Neanderthal building</b> that was <b>constructed using the bones from mammoths</b>. ... The circular building, which was up to 26 feet across at its widest point, is believed to be earliest example of domestic dwelling built from bone. ... ...many of the bones had been decorated with carvings and ochre pigments.<br /><br /><br />Laëtitia Demay, an archaeologist... said: "The mammoth bones have been deliberately selected – long and flat bones, tusks and connected vertebrae – and were circularly arranged..."<br /><br /><br /><br />The bone structure was found near the town of Molodova in eastern Ukraine on a site that was first discovered in 1984. It was constructed of 116 large bones including mammoth skulls, jaws, 14 tusks and leg bones. .... Inside at least 25 hearths filled with ash were also discovered, suggesting it had been used for some time."</i><br /><br /><br /><br />FWIW, weren't horses likely first domesticated in the Ukraine?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-54071076385766988512014-03-02T21:36:32.181-08:002014-03-02T21:36:32.181-08:00The Kerguelens are only as far south as Vancouver ...The Kerguelens are only as far south as Vancouver is north, 49 degrees, but the wind is unrelenting.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74731606057367122572014-03-02T21:33:14.062-08:002014-03-02T21:33:14.062-08:00Thanks for bringing up the Kerguelens. I remember...Thanks for bringing up the Kerguelens. I remember reading about them when I was a kid, but had completely forgot them. There is something intrinsically interesting about a place so remote. According to the Wikipedia article, the main island does not even have an airfield; the only access is by sea.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9686662495750967902014-03-02T20:59:06.773-08:002014-03-02T20:59:06.773-08:00"For a long time people have kicked around th...<i>"For a long time people have kicked around the idea of bringing back extinct species."</i><br /><br />It's pretty obvious that by far the most interest is in bringing back the Neanderthal. <br /><br />Bring back the mammoths to Kerguelen or Wrangle island... then bring back the people who hunted them:<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/28/neanderthals-driving-mammoths-cliff-jersey" rel="nofollow">"Neanderthals cleared of driving mammoths over cliff in mass slaughter"</a>...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8963177/Neanderthals-built-homes-with-mammoth-bones.html" rel="nofollow">"Neanderthals built homes with mammoth bones"</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/british_isles_prehistory_archive/mammoths_britain/index.php" rel="nofollow">"THE MAMMOTHS OF STONE AGE BRITAIN"</a><br /><br /><i>"...the first Neanderthal hunting camp discovered in Britain. The 50,000-year-old fossils... partial skeletons from at least four mammoths, together with eight Neanderthal flint hand-axes... one hand-axe is actually inside a mammoth skull still attached to a tusk..."</i><br /><br /><br /><br />And just for good measure:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140302185241.htm" rel="nofollow">"Talking Neanderthals challenge the origins of speech"</a><br /><br /> <br /><br />Save the Mammoths! Save the Neanderthal! Free Kerguelen Now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-13219628983596263092014-03-02T17:46:30.267-08:002014-03-02T17:46:30.267-08:00It definitely wasn't because of European disru...It definitely wasn't because of European disruption that the passenger pigeons had dominated North America. The earliest European settlers noted clouds of them that blocked out the sun. Could have been the Indians though.<br /><br />I didn't realize they only bred in large flocks. I was excited for their return, but it sounds like there's no place for them. The thylacine would have been nice, but there is no surrogate species to birth them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-12298960433380551602014-03-02T15:47:01.508-08:002014-03-02T15:47:01.508-08:00Great Cthulhu has ordained: The giant ammonite mus...Great Cthulhu has ordained: The giant ammonite must return!Great Cthulhunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-28093335494221654952014-03-02T15:45:49.940-08:002014-03-02T15:45:49.940-08:00Or maybe some kind of vicious flying dinosaur pred...<i> Or maybe some kind of vicious flying dinosaur predators.</i><br /><br />Can there possibly be anyone who doesn't think this would be awesome?Samson J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-11137912243833768182014-03-02T14:48:23.120-08:002014-03-02T14:48:23.120-08:00Err....
A wikipedia link on forbs (things like su...Err....<br /><br />A wikipedia link on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forb" rel="nofollow">forbs</a> (things like sunflowers and milkweed).<br /><br />No "subflowers" or yellow submarines anywhere in sight, unless the mammoth ate too much milkweed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58404761080322508342014-03-02T13:56:18.567-08:002014-03-02T13:56:18.567-08:00Somebody must explain to me why it's supposed ...Somebody must explain to me why it's supposed to be a tragedy if a species goes extinct.<br />I'm a vegan animal lover YET it's a mistery to me. Who cares if the last polar bears have no children? Why is that a colossal tragedy? What makes polar bear useful or essential as a species? And why does everybody in the world go along with this assumption and never express disagreement? What am i missing?<br />Now we must even bring back disappeared species? Why? How is that a priority or even a good thing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58757123518135191272014-03-02T13:04:29.632-08:002014-03-02T13:04:29.632-08:00dire wolves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_wol...dire wolves<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_wolf<br /><br />woolly rhinoceros<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolly_rhinoceros<br /><br />saber-toothed cats<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saber-toothed_cat<br /><br />giant sloth<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegatheriumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90292003886651771812014-03-02T12:57:17.818-08:002014-03-02T12:57:17.818-08:00The dodo is the most important species to bring ba...The dodo is the most important species to bring back -- tame, lives on weeds, juicy, thick, plump, & tasty meat, and can't fly. Dodo's are the other, other white meat.<br /><br /> 50 years from now, we will all have loveable dodo pets, and be eating at Dodo-burger fast food restaurants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8106904985435438262014-03-02T12:33:00.280-08:002014-03-02T12:33:00.280-08:00Plenty of sage brush these days near the La Brea T...<i>Plenty of sage brush these days near the La Brea Tar Pits on Wilshire Boulevard.</i><br /><br /><br />Now that I think about it, the LA basin would make a fine mammoth reserve. Do something useful with the place, and all that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8949138982845537632014-03-02T11:18:55.169-08:002014-03-02T11:18:55.169-08:00"Some 10,000 years ago, the researchers found..."Some 10,000 years ago, the researchers found, the flowering, broad-leafed plants known as forbs—including sagebrush, yarrow, mums, and tansies—disappeared from Arctic steppes, which became more dominated by grasses"<br /><br />Plenty of sage brush these days near the La Brea Tar Pits on Wilshire Boulevard.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.com