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Arsenic contamination of groundwater, focussing mostly on Argentina and Chile
During the 130 million years that the South American continent was moving away from Africa, pushed by the continual movement of tectonic plate action, a number of extreme events occurred to the Earth’s crust. The landmass was ever changing, and … Continue reading
Wildlife of Africa and the links to wildlife of South America
When South America split from Africa (see previous blog) it became, for much of the past 130 million years, an island continent, and on it organisms evolved in “splendid isolation.” Mammals, especially, evolved into forms not seen anywhere else. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Americas, ecocide, endangered species, gondwana, megafauna, organised crime, origins of life, prehistoric, South Africa, South America, wildlife
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Southern Gondwana and the formation of South America and South Africa
As Gondwana was the parent landmass of South America, I am going to spend a while studying the geology in this blog, then the life forms, in further blogs, which existed until the present day in South Africa and on … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina, Chile, cradle of humankind, exploration. geology, gondwana, Patagonia, South Africa, South America, tectonic plates
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The Jaguar of the Americas and implications for its origins: part two
Nature dominates and rules our lives. No matter how much material wealth we may have, we cannot buy Nature and all its myriad of miracles. We do try to emulate Nature and today we call this study Biomimetics. Wikipedia re: … Continue reading
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Tagged biomimetics, chavin, deity, environment, jaguar, mayan, olmec, protection, reverence, shamanism, South America, wildlife, worship
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The Jaguar of the Americas and implications for its origins: Part one
Panthera onca is a genus within the Felidae family that was named and first described by the German naturalist Lorenz Oken in 1816. The British taxonomist Pocock revised the classification of this genus in 1916 as comprising the species lion, … Continue reading
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Tagged early life origins, endangered species, genome, jaguar, North America, oceans, panthera onca, South America, wildlife
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The Sacred Condor
The magnificent Condor is a familiar and respected scavenger bird which flies over the Americas. Condors are part of the family Cathartidae which contains the New World vultures. The Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus), is thought to possibly be the most … Continue reading
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Tagged a.magificens, Americas, andes, aves, california, condor, endangered species, extinction, incas, miocene, p.sandersi, religion, triassic
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The cult of Kukulkan/Quetzalcoatl and the feathered pterosaur reptiles
Looking to the skies, the Mesoamerican peoples all revered the power of the great birds which flew above them, such as the eagle and condor. They also had respect and wonder for the many snakes which inhabited the land. It … Continue reading
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Tagged belief systems, birds, chichen itza, christianity, guatemala, kukulkan, Mexico, pterosaurs, quetzal, quetzalcoatlus, reptiles, snakes, teotihuacan, yucatan
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