Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!taurus!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!cyclone.rdc-nyc.rr.com!news-out.nyc.rr.com!twister.nyc.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jupiter" Newsgroups: alt.alien.research,alt.history,alt.history.ancient-worlds,alt.history.future,alt.history.what-if,fj.rec.history,fj.soc.history,soc.history,soc.history.ancient,soc.history.early-modern Subject: In the news: Did fossils inspire ancient flood myths? Lines: 14 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 13:39:44 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.65.84.171 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.nyc.rr.com 1094477984 66.65.84.171 (Mon, 06 Sep 2004 09:39:44 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 09:39:44 EDT Organization: Road Runner - NYC Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.rec.history:34 fj.soc.history:4 Many ancient and modern cultures have creation myths involving flood legends similar to the the Bible's story of Noah's Ark. Thinkers over the centuries, including Leonardo da Vinci, have debated whether the stories were true. In the past few years it has become popular to believe they were - that a primordial flood really happened. Recent studies claim to back up the notion scientifically; for instance, there are findings that a that a titanic flood created the Black Sea in the Middle East 7,500 years ago. But a better explanation may exist, a physicist says. http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040906_noahfrm.htm