Comments on: Did A Comet Wipe Out The Mammoths? http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/02/did-a-comet-wipe-out-the-mammoths/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:52:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tballou http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/02/did-a-comet-wipe-out-the-mammoths/comment-page-1/#comment-1336158 tballou Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:16:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=21736#comment-1336158 This theory would also explain the presence of Carolina bays, which are elliptical shaped, oriented wetland depressions located throughout the coastal plain of NC, SC, and GA. These features all date to this same time period, and no other process explains how they all have the same orientation (NW-SE). No impact bodies have ever been found, which is consistent with a comet. As we all saw with Shoemaker Levy when it hit Jupiter, comets can fragment into many smaller pieces. This theory would also explain the presence of Carolina bays, which are elliptical shaped, oriented wetland depressions located throughout the coastal plain of NC, SC, and GA. These features all date to this same time period, and no other process explains how they all have the same orientation (NW-SE). No impact bodies have ever been found, which is consistent with a comet. As we all saw with Shoemaker Levy when it hit Jupiter, comets can fragment into many smaller pieces.

]]> By: Christophe http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/02/did-a-comet-wipe-out-the-mammoths/comment-page-1/#comment-1336046 Christophe Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:53:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=21736#comment-1336046 Comets are made of ice too. I vote for ice storm! :D Another controversial theory : ice age isn't enough? Same for Xinavera's third theory, the overkill hypothesis. The most coherent theory today is simply climate change. Comets are made of ice too. I vote for ice storm! :D

Another controversial theory : ice age isn’t enough?
Same for Xinavera’s third theory, the overkill hypothesis.
The most coherent theory today is simply climate change.

]]> By: Xinavera http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/02/did-a-comet-wipe-out-the-mammoths/comment-page-1/#comment-1335526 Xinavera Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:36:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=21736#comment-1335526 Intriguing, but a couple points: First, I've never seen evidence that the Clovis people actually *did* die out. Second, comet impacts don't necessarily leave craters. Tunguska (which was probably a comet) knocked down a lot of trees, but didn't make a crater. Third, megafauna extinctions were probably due more to human hunting than astronomical events. We've seen this in Australia, New Zealand, and North America. Intriguing, but a couple points:

First, I’ve never seen evidence that the Clovis people actually *did* die out.

Second, comet impacts don’t necessarily leave craters. Tunguska (which was probably a comet) knocked down a lot of trees, but didn’t make a crater.

Third, megafauna extinctions were probably due more to human hunting than astronomical events. We’ve seen this in Australia, New Zealand, and North America.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/02/did-a-comet-wipe-out-the-mammoths/comment-page-1/#comment-1335018 Miss Cellania Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:25:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=21736#comment-1335018 I would think those mammoths fell into water and were frozen before the extinction. I would think those mammoths fell into water and were frozen before the extinction.

]]> By: liphttam1 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/02/did-a-comet-wipe-out-the-mammoths/comment-page-1/#comment-1334842 liphttam1 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:36:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=21736#comment-1334842 That dosn't explain how some mammoths have been traped in ice. Would the coment shower them with snow or with fire? That dosn’t explain how some mammoths have been traped in ice. Would the coment shower them with snow or with fire?

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