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Tag Archives: South Africa
Iridium and Outer Space: harnessing the elements for the advantaged
The element iridium is more likely to be found in Solar System asteroids than in the Earth’s crust. Yet a Yorkshire, England, chemist identified the element in 1803. He found it in the residues from the solution of platinum ores. … Continue reading
Posted in anthropocene
Tagged asterioids, cheap labour, iridium, mining, palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium and osmium, South Africa, South America, technology
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When we came home to our birthplace we thought we were superior beings
As referred to in some of my previous blogs, the supercontinent which has been named Gondwana existed from the Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) until the Jurassic (about 180 million years ago). The remnants of Gondwana make up about … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient history, botswana, diamonds, gold, kalahari, mining, music, namibia, san bush people, South Africa, southern africa
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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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Obsidian and Power: Part One
One of the most fascinating subjects I personally keep returning to is the area around the Gulf of Mexico and that point in Earth’s history when she was hit by a massive asteroid and the millions of years of global … Continue reading
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Tagged asteroid, atmospheric heat, carbons, climate, hominins, Lapita, Mesoamerica civilisation, Mexico, nomads, Osmec, Pacific Ring of Fire, South Africa, tectonic plates, tribes, volcanoes
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