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emotional · 08-09-2003, 01:27 PM

What's the geological period that interests you most? I'm talking about the history of life on earth, of course, not about geology.

Mine is the Precambrian, when life emerged out of non-life and molecular evolution fashioned all the complex building-blocks.

Dr.GH · 08-09-2003, 03:07 PM

Actually I like the extremes, early Archean and the Holocene.

emotional · 08-09-2003, 03:12 PM

What, no-one interested in the dinosaurs yet? I thought it'd be the most popular choice.

notMichaelJackson · 08-09-2003, 03:16 PM

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Originally posted by emotional
What, no-one interested in the dinosaurs yet? I thought it'd be the most popular choice.

It's a young poll.

emotional · 08-10-2003, 06:06 AM

For now it looks like many are interested in the Cambrian explosion...

Coragyps · 08-10-2003, 06:22 AM

I sorta like the Ordovician, ever since I saw the Doctor Who episode where he had to go there. The Tardis, sitting on a rocky beach, with absolutely nothing growing on land....

Amen-Moses · 08-10-2003, 11:29 AM

Pre-cam here too, the rock formations from this period are just so huge and I did do geology for my degree!

Amen-Moses

JaeIsGod · 08-10-2003, 01:01 PM

Palaeozoic for sure

Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside when i think about that period somehow. Probably means that im really disturbed mentally

Mageth · 08-10-2003, 01:06 PM

Hey, you left off pre-Flood and post-Flood!

Seriously, I voted "Precambrian". I find the research into abiogenesis and early life very fascinating.

RBH · 08-10-2003, 05:06 PM

I like the Ordovician, too, because the very first fossils I found, around age 8, were in a little gully off a shallow valley in southern Minnesota. A clay bank in the gully was exposed by erosion and was rotten with Ordovician fossils like raisins in pudding. A few years ago, 50 years later, I went back out there. The clay bank is still there, much more weathered out of the side of the valley, and it's still rotten with fossils.

RBH

View Poll Results: Which geological period interests you most?
Precambrian (beginning of life)	16	25.81%
Palaeozoic (the explosion of life)	19	30.65%
Mesozoic (dinosaurs, yay!)	9	14.52%
Tertiary (flowering of the mammals)	9	14.52%
Quarternary (humans get to dominate)	5	8.06%
A specific period within one of these time-scales	4	6.45%
Voters: 62. You may not vote on this poll

08-09-2003, 01:27 PM	#1
emotional Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Boxing ring of HaShem, Jesus and Allah Posts: 1,945	Your favourite geological period What's the geological period that interests you most? I'm talking about the history of life on earth, of course, not about geology. Mine is the Precambrian, when life emerged out of non-life and molecular evolution fashioned all the complex building-blocks.

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08-09-2003, 03:07 PM	#2
Dr.GH Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Dana Point, Ca, USA Posts: 2,115	Actually I like the extremes, early Archean and the Holocene.

08-09-2003, 03:12 PM	#3
emotional Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Boxing ring of HaShem, Jesus and Allah Posts: 1,945	What, no-one interested in the dinosaurs yet? I thought it'd be the most popular choice.

08-10-2003, 06:06 AM	#5
emotional Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Boxing ring of HaShem, Jesus and Allah Posts: 1,945	For now it looks like many are interested in the Cambrian explosion...

08-10-2003, 06:22 AM	#6
Coragyps Veteran Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Snyder,Texas,USA Posts: 4,411	I sorta like the Ordovician, ever since I saw the Doctor Who episode where he had to go there. The Tardis, sitting on a rocky beach, with absolutely nothing growing on land....

08-10-2003, 11:29 AM	#7
Amen-Moses Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Portsmouth, England Posts: 4,652	Pre-cam here too, the rock formations from this period are just so huge and I did do geology for my degree! Amen-Moses

08-10-2003, 01:01 PM	#8
JaeIsGod Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 760	Palaeozoic for sure Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside when i think about that period somehow. Probably means that im really disturbed mentally

08-10-2003, 01:06 PM	#9
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	Hey, you left off pre-Flood and post-Flood! Seriously, I voted "Precambrian". I find the research into abiogenesis and early life very fascinating.

08-10-2003, 05:06 PM	#10
RBH Contributor Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 15,407	I like the Ordovician, too, because the very first fossils I found, around age 8, were in a little gully off a shallow valley in southern Minnesota. A clay bank in the gully was exposed by erosion and was rotten with Ordovician fossils like raisins in pudding. A few years ago, 50 years later, I went back out there. The clay bank is still there, much more weathered out of the side of the valley, and it's still rotten with fossils. RBH

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