Thanks, guys, for keeping this offline in the future. It is, as you all
realize, both off-topic and potentially inflammatory.  Though the
temptation to pun on fig-words is immensely alluring!  Have fun!...in
private.

Lynn Scheu
Conch-L listfigure on duty



Leslie Allen Crnkovic wrote:
> Oliver,
>
> There is only one creationist organization I know of out there that does not
> try to twist science to fit a young earth agenda. www.reasons.org
>
> They build testable and predictable scientific models for any theories they
> have, and embrace cutting edge discoveries in science.  They give good
> discussions on papers as they are released form the cosmological, physics,
> and biological communities.  Whether you agree with their points of views on
> the findings, there is no bad science being practiced there. (if new
> evidence proves their model's premises inaccurate, they change their model
> to match the science)
>
> There are on the other hand others, such as the one in Glen rose, who's
> science more resembles a circus act.
>
> Les
>
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> From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alan
> Kohn
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 11:02 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] figs
>
> Olivier-
>
> Fossil figs have been known for some time: On Cretaceous and Paleogene
> fruits from Kansas, see Graham, A. Journal of Paleontology, 36: 521-523,
> 1962. However, Graham's paper shows differences from modern figs sufficient
> to place the fossil forms in a genus other from Ficus.
>
> Another figment from Yahya's (vivid) imagination!
> Alan
>
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