Dinosaur-like humanoids developed advanced technological capabilities

[Laisrean]

Link (http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/01/08/02093.html)


Although the discovery of these footprints in the stones of time are hardly rare or recent occurrences, geologists, archaeologists, and anthropologists, by and large refuse to accept such fossil evidence at face value, because to do so would be to acknowledge that humans or some other bipedal humanoid or hominid creature lived in the earliest years of hypothetical evolutionary history.

This bipedal creature with humanlike stride, presents a riddle which has scientists scratching their heads. By any stretch of the evolutionary timeline, the footprints simply could not have been made by humans.

These footprints, shoeprints, and sandal prints were made more than 250 million years ago. That is a great deal of time for evolutionary trial and error. If our own species has evolved in a little over a million years, there has certainly been more than enough time to have had more than Creation Story on this planet.

[Gwyddyon]

I think it's rather telling that nowhere in that link is any sort of falsifiable information presented. The tracks are described as being located in a number of states, with no specific site names. There is no reference to the paleontologists, archaeologists, evolutionary anthropologists, or geologists involved, much less peer-reviewed discussion. The only reference, in fact, is to the author's own book (convenient, that). And there is no specific dating, only a mention of a 250 million year range.

Sorry, this has all the hallmarks of pseudo-science.

[sunny.spoone]

I think it's rather telling that nowhere in that link is any sort of falsifiable information presented. The tracks are described as being located in a number of states, with no specific site names. There is no reference to the paleontologists, archaeologists, evolutionary anthropologists, or geologists involved, much less peer-reviewed discussion. The only reference, in fact, is to the author's own book (convenient, that). And there is no specific dating, only a mention of a 250 million year range.

Sorry, this has all the hallmarks of pseudo-science.

Also, he talks about UFOs and how these dinosaur people are now aliens. But oh wait, the aliens aren't really aliens. They're terrestrial and just hiding. Mmmhmm. Sounds like science to me.

[BlueSage]

Also, he talks about UFOs and how these dinosaur people are now aliens. But oh wait, the aliens aren't really aliens. They're terrestrial and just hiding. Mmmhmm. Sounds like science to me.

sounds like branding information to support oneself lol. :lol:

[aranarose]

These "footprints" are used by Christian creationists to "prove" that the Earth is only 6000 years old, that dating science is inaccurate, and that humans co-existed with dinosaurs.

[Laisrean]

These "footprints" are used by Christian creationists to "prove" that the Earth is only 6000 years old, that dating science is inaccurate, and that humans co-existed with dinosaurs.

But actually that doesn't prove it, because it takes much longer than 6,000 years for stuff to turn into stone. If it proved anything, it would be that humans existed hundreds of millions of years ago.

[aranarose]

But actually that doesn't prove it, because it takes much longer than 6,000 years for stuff to turn into stone. If it proved anything, it would be that humans existed hundreds of millions of years ago.

A creationist would respond to that by saying that our dating methods are inaccurate, because Noah's flood changed the geology of the Earth.

But these are the same people that say that not only did dinosaurs co-exist with humans, they survived the flood, and lived well into the middle ages, which is where dragon legends came from. They died off due to changing atmospheric conditions, another result of Noah's flood, and that there are still some living, thus the legends of Loch Ness, and such...

You're right, it doesn't prove that humans co-existed with dinosaurs. We don't know what it proves. Maybe there was another sentient, humanoid species that did co-exist with the dinosaurs. Perhaps it was terrestrial in origin, perhaps it was alien in origin. The simple fact of the matter is that we don't know.

[Xentor]

owhere in that link is any sort of falsifiable information presented. The tracks are described as being located in a number of states, with no specific site names. There is no reference to the paleontologists, archaeologists, evolutionary anthropologists, or geologists involved, much less peer-reviewed discussion.

Darn. I'd love to see the evidence and an expert's review.

I agree with the timeline idea: if the human species did take little time to evolve, there's plenty of time to try it several times. However, it has some problems.

For instance, we still don't know exactly how long ago our species became its own. Variations are discovered all the time, and that history is still in the writing. If we don't know our own time line, we can't predict how much time their may have been for other variations to be tried.

Apart from that, shouldn't there be more evidence than just a bunch of footprints? (For instance: the fossils of hunting dinosaurs might have artificial items fossilized in their bellies.) Is time the only thing that can make the prints seem aged the way they are, or are there other methods leading to the same appearance?

[David19]

I haven't read the article yet, as I'm in the middle of trying to finish my essay, so I don't know exactly what it says, but it sounds quite interesting, but it might just be psuedo-science.

That said, it could be possible that some kind of dinosaur-hybrid evolved into a vague human-like figure.

I think the more we think we know, the more we really don't understand.

[Trithemius]

I want to see these so-called trackways, especially the ones that claim to show some type of footwear being used.

[Liberty]

Maybe it's just us! Maybe the government (from whichever country maybe a bunch of a different ones ) has figured out a way to travel back in time and are doing secret missions to study...uh...whatever is it they're studying.

That's my theory. :bigblue:

[sunny.spoone]

sounds like branding information to support oneself lol. :lol:


No, it's called reading an article by Brad Steiger. He's not an expert at anything, but has written two dozen or so books on the paranormal. He's not exactly what I'd call a reputable scientist in any way, shape, or form.