Prehistoric ecosystem found in Israeli cave

[rsaavedra]

Interesting Article

 

Prehistoric ecosystem found in Israeli cave

[EricBrian]

Very cool. I hope they protect it.

[Caribbean Jake]

nice but it does not say if they are alive or fosil

[Guest Larry-T]

nice but it does not say if they are alive or fosil

 

It's alive. There was a photo in the paper this morning showing one of the ancient aquatic relatives of the scorpian that was found swimming in the cave.

[rsaavedra]

nice but it does not say if they are alive or fosil

 

I believe the article says that they are alive.

[luceneck]

Here is a video on it.

 

They are alive.

 

http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/res...e=all&edition=i

[rsaavedra]

Here is a video on it.

 

They are alive.

 

http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/res...e=all&edition=i

 

Thanks for the video.

[Caribbean Jake]

wow., amazing... how can they prove it is 5 million years old?

[Guest Larry-T]

wow., amazing... how can they prove it is 5 million years old?

 

They can prove the minimum age of an organism (as a species or type) by comparing it to the fossil record and determining when all of the critical anatomical elements were present in that type of configuration.