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POPSConvergent evolution
The huge fossil teeth of megalodon had been known for centuries and were once believed to be the fossilized tongues of dragons. Agassiz, noting that great white shark teeth and the fossil megalodon teeth were both serrated, lumped megalodon into the same genus, Carcharodon, (from the Greek karcharos, meaning sharp or jagged, and odous, meaning tooth). Agassiz was not, however, making an evolutionary judgment. In 1835, a young Charles Darwin was just then visiting the Galapagos Islands. There would be no theory of evolutionary descent for nearly 25 years. In fact, the brilliant Agassiz, who later became a professor at Harvard and the leading figure of natural history in the United States, forever resisted Darwin’s revolutionary ideas. Rejecting biological evolution, Agassiz defined species as a “thought of God.” His classification scheme signified nothing about shark origins. But over the next century, the idea that great whites evolved from megalodon took hold. << more at the
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POPSFire threat empties Athens suburb Hundreds of firefighters and soldiers - backed by helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft dropping water - are battling the fires but they are too numerous and widespread to contain. "The situation is tragic. Fires are out of control on many fronts," said a regional Athens governor, Yiannis Sgouros. more than 30,000 acres of land had been burnt in what he described as "an ecological disaster". Many residents of the threatened towns and suburbs have fled by car, motorbike and on foot, but others have stayed behind to try to defend their homes. Two children's hospitals, a summer camp and a psychiatric clinic have been evacuated.
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POPSboutique hotels Crete Crete is the largest of the Greek islands, steeped in Homeric history and legend. It is a richly varied island with an ever-changing landscape of rugged mountains, deep ravines, fertile plains and a long golden coastline of sandy beaches.
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POPSRhodes Rhodes, the largest of the Dodecanese Island, is found at the southeastern border of the archipelago. It is the meeting point of three continents. It is situated at the junction of two major sea routes of the Mediterranean, between the Aegean Sea and the coast of Middle East, also Cyprus and Egypt. This island in the Aegean Sea is only about 9-10 kilometers away from the coasts of Asia Minor.
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POPSAegean Cat Breed Info All useful Aegean cats info for the real cat fans and cat lovers. Get info about Aegean cat temperament, characteristics, breed origin and more.
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POPSMeet the Giant Weta continues: The Little Barrier Island Weta, or 'Wetapunga' as it was known to the Maori, is one of the largest and heaviest insects in the world, The largest weta recorded was a female and it weighed around THREE TIMES heavier than a mouse! (71 grams), The Maori named the Little Barrier Island Giant Weta, ‘Wetapunga’, which means ‘god of ugly things’, The gentle giant of the insect world, the Giant weta prefers a vegetarian diet, The Giant weta often lives under rocks and bush floor debris, The Giant weta is so heavy that it cannot jump, The weta is sometimes known as the dinosaur of the insect world, The weta has changed very little in the past 100 MILLION YEARS!, At around two years old the female will lay 100-300 eggs. The parents will die before the weta eggs hatch 3-5 months later.
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POPSspice-centric recipes from The Spice House There are at least this many again at the original page — way too many to clip. From their main recipe page , they have listings of Recipes by Course / Main Dish (Appetizer, Beverage, Bread, Breakfast, Brunch, Condiment, Cookie, Dessert, Kitchen Craft, Main Dish, Pasta, Salad, Sandwich, Sauce, Side Dish, Snack, Soup, Spice Blend, Vegetable), Recipes by Cuisine (African, American, Asian, Australian, BBQ, Cajun / Creole, Caribbbean, Chinese, Eastern European, English, French, German, Greek, Indian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, Mediterranean, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Moroccan, Scandinavian, South American, Spanish, Thai, Thanksgiving Recipes, Vietnamese), and Recipes by Ingredient (Bean, Beef, Cheese, Chocolate, Dairy, Egg, Fish, Fruit, Game, Grain, Herb, Lamb, Mushroom, Nut, Pasta, Pork, Potato, Poultry, Rice, Shellfish, Spice, Turkey, Vegetable). Yum!
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POPS Ancient Greece Ancient Greece consisted chiefly of a peninsula that separated the two seas, nearby islands, and the coast of Asia Minor (now part of Turkey). Greek civilization developed later than that of the Euphrates and Nile valleys, but earlier than that of Rome. Ancient Greece reached its highest point of achievement in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., but its influence remained strong throughout the era of Roman supremacy. Vigorous, adventuresome, and freedom-loving, of strong practicality and great intellectual capacity, they produced art, architecture, literature, drama, and philosophic concepts that have never been surpassed. The Greeks developed the political institution of democracy, established freedom of speech and religion, and founded a system of law defining the rights of citizens. They made major discoveries in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and medicine. The first experimental scientists were Greeks.
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POPSAncient Etruscans Were Immigrants From Anatolia Scientists had previously shown this same relationship for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in order to analyse female lineages. The history of the Etruscans extends before the Iron Age to the end of the Roman Republic or from c. 1200 BC to c. 100 BC. Many archaeological sites of the major Etruscan cities were continuously occupied since the Iron Age, and the people who lived in the Etruria region did not appear suddenly, nor did they suddenly start to speak Etruscan. Herodotus’ theory, much criticised by subsequent historians, states that the Etruscans emigrated from the ancient region of Lydia, on what is now the southern coast of Turkey, because of a long-running famine. Half the population was sent by the king to look for a better life elsewhere, says his account, and sailed from Smyrna (now Izmir) until they reached Umbria in Italy.
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