Plant: Nepenthes veitchii (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) One of the best available arguments against the existence of advanced indigenous or extraterrestrial civilizations on Earth in the distant past is a lack incontrovertibly artificial artifacts or technological byproducts in geological deposits predating modern humans. Even with radioisotope decay, the byproducts of that decay would still be recognizable as such, as with the Oklo natural nuclear…
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Backstories: "Antarctica In Decline" (2018)
Plant: Cephalotus follicularis (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Description: Very little is known about prehistoric Antarctica: with 98 percent of the continent covered with kilometers-thick ice, the few fossil beds accessible at the surface illuminate life there approximately 150 million years ago (including the discovery of the early theropod dinosaur Cryolophosaurus), approximately 65 million years ago, and the period surrounding the continent’s freeze 5 million…
Backstories & Fragments: About the Backstories
What to expect with what you’re reading here Essential information about your humble author: between 1989 and 2002, I was a professional writer working for a slew of magazines, zines, weekly newspapers, and Web sites, most of which have disappeared without trace. Finally in 2002, after hitting burnout over delayed payments, publications shutting down without notice, and editors demanding work for free, I quit writing entirely in the spring of…