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"Therion Ware" |
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05 Dec 2003 04:39:07 AM |
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OT: Best Headline of the Year? |
Ancient fossil penis discovered
By Dr David Whitehouse
BBC News Online science editor
Scientists have identified the oldest male fossil animal yet
discovered. It is an ocean-dwelling creature from 425-million-year-old
rocks in the UK.
Unusually, its soft parts are well preserved as well as its hard
shell. It has limbs for swimming and feeding.
It also has what scientists say is the oldest penis seen in the fossil
record.
Researchers are puzzled as to why the ancient creature appears so
similar to its modern relatives. Their research is to be found in the
journal Science.
Three dimensional details
The fossil record is packed with shells thought to be from a group of
arthropods called ostracodes. They are so numerous and varied that
geologists use them to date rock layers.
Their soft tissues are rarely seen but David Siveter, of the
University of Leicester, and colleagues found an ancient ostracode
that had been buried in volcanic ash during the Silurian Period.
The creature quickly mineralised and had its most delicate tissues
preserved.
The find pushes back the earliest evidence for the soft-tissue anatomy
of this important group of animals by nearly 200 million years.
The researchers cracked open the rock that entombed the creature and
used a shave-and-photograph technique that yielded a virtual fossil
with carefully preserved three-dimensional details.
Amazing swimmer
"The whole animal is amazing," said Professor Siveter. "We have got
something we could only dream about."
The ostracode's appendages suggest that it swam and scavenged for food
along the ocean floor. It was also definitely male as it has the
oldest known example of a penis.
The scientists say that the five-millimetre-long fossil is remarkably
similar to some modern ostracodes, suggesting an extremely low rate of
evolutionary change over the last 425 million years.
"This is a demonstration of unbelievable stability," said Dr Tom
Cronin, of the US Geological Survey.
As the discoverer of a new species, David Siveter and his
co-researchers provided the name for the ostracode. They have called
it Colymbosathon ecplecticos , which means "amazing swimmer with a
large penis."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/sci/tech/3291025.stm
Published: 2003/12/05 10:14:08 GMT
© BBC MMIII
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| User: "\Clayton Driving His Temple Into The Money Changers" |
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05 Dec 2003 06:36:05 PM |
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"Therion Ware" <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in message
news:l0o0tv8r6on88v4uci64tm9q6jkvuoppr7@4ax.com...
Ancient fossil penis discovered
It's not fossilzed...he just took too much Viagra!
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| User: "nullus fides" |
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05 Dec 2003 07:49:00 AM |
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And so upon Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:39:07 +0000 didst Therion Ware speak
thusly:
Ancient fossil penis discovered
Haaaiiiy... give that back!
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| User: "Bill, The Avender" |
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06 Dec 2003 12:12:01 AM |
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In alt.atheism on Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:39:07 +0000, Therion Ware
<autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote:
Ancient fossil penis discovered
<snip>
Scientists have identified [...] 425-million-year-old rocks...
<snip>
See? Direct and to the point. They could've saved _hours_ of typing
by being so succinct. :-)
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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05 Dec 2003 07:13:35 AM |
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On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:39:07 +0000, Therion Ware
<autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote:
The ostracode's appendages suggest that it swam and scavenged for food
along the ocean floor. It was also definitely male as it has the
oldest known example of a penis.
The scientists say that the five-millimetre-long fossil is remarkably
similar to some modern ostracodes, suggesting an extremely low rate of
evolutionary change over the last 425 million years.
"This is a demonstration of unbelievable stability," said Dr Tom
Cronin, of the US Geological Survey.
As the discoverer of a new species, David Siveter and his
co-researchers provided the name for the ostracode. They have called
it Colymbosathon ecplecticos , which means "amazing swimmer with a
large penis."
Why not Biggus Dickus?
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/sci/tech/3291025.stm
Published: 2003/12/05 10:14:08 GMT
© BBC MMIII
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| User: "G" |
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05 Dec 2003 05:04:58 AM |
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Therion Ware wrote:
Ancient fossil penis discovered
A definite "yes" on the subject!
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| User: "Brian Westley" |
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05 Dec 2003 06:52:55 PM |
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Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> writes:
Ancient fossil penis discovered
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2003-11-29-colon-yankees_x.htm
Yankees may need whiff of Colon
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