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A Condylarth that Crossed Two Oceans The
condylarths were an ancient group of mammals that lived soon after the
dinosaurs became extinct. From 65 to 40
million years ago, they roamed across the northern supercontinent of
Eurasia-North America, which was at first connected via Greenland and later by
Beringia. The earth was much warmer
then, and the continents farther south, so many species easily traversed
Greenland and Alaska. There were
also condylarths in Africa and in South America. However, the species on those two southern
continents were different from those in the north. While the ancestors of deer, horses, and pigs
roamed the northern continents, a weird camel-like creature called litopterna
roamed South America, and the hyracoids roamed Africa. This was because the condylarths were
separated by vast oceans, which kept them from intermingling. Africa was separated from Europe by the
Tethys Sea – a large and turbulent ocean that had existed deep into the age of
the dinosaurs. Spain was far distant,
and a good deal of the Middle East had not even risen from the ocean yet. Africa was an island continent. So too was South America. Yet
despite this, a certain lineage of condylarths was able to cross the ocean –
not just once, but twice. This was a
rare feat seeing that few other condylarths accomplished even one oceanic
crossing. This lineage, variously called
the Mioclaenidae or the Kollpaniinae, was previously known from North America,
South America, and Europe.[1] Recently, it was discovered in Africa
also. Although the African condylarth Abdounodus displays a fair degree of
difference from its cousins on other continents, it is referred to the same
family Mioclaenidae. Gheerbrant et al
mention the possibility of convergent evolution, yet prefer to view the African
specimen as a descendent of condylarths from the northern continents, and
suggest the condylarths found a way across the Tethys Sea.[2] The
possibility of a viable land bridge or series of closely spaced islands
connecting Europe with Africa is a convenient assumption, but rests on shaky
evidence. If such a land bridge truly
existed, then we should see a mass migration of many species between Africa and
Europe. In other landbridge events, the
fossil record clearly proves that there was a massive exchange of species
between North and South America when the isthmus of Panama arose 4 million
years ago, and also proves a massive exchange occurred between Siberia and
Alaska when Beringia was dry-shod. Yet
the supposed trans-Tethyan link, if it existed, certainly did not allow large
numbers of European species to migrate into Africa, nor vice-versa. Hence, the existence of such a land bridge is
not well supported. If one species can
cross a landbridge, others can too. But
in this case, only the condylarth crossed. Hence, if
the supposed land bridges never existed, then this would mean that the
Mioclaenidae crossed two oceans. They
crossed the ocean dividing South America from North America, and they also
crossed the Tethys Sea which divided Africa from Europe. If they crossed by swimming, then this was
quite an accomplishment for a condylarth, since condylarths possess long narrow
limbs made for running, not swimming.
Likewise, it is hard to see how they rafted on driftwood, since their
lanky legs are ill-suited for gripping driftwood, and because ocean currents
would have been mainly contrary to the directions they traveled. Thus, the possibility of supernatural or
extraterrestrial transport provides a plausible solution for an otherwise inexplicable
problem. Read more about alien abduction in the fossil record. The creationist narrative in Genesis 1 is contradicted by many ancient Christian texts. Instead of an Almighty Creator God, ancient Christian texts espouse that the universe is born from blind arrogance and stupidity. The angels caused evolution to occur from species to species. There are many gods, (or aliens?), and the Christian God is just one among them. Satan the Devil writes scripture, and thus the Bible was polluted with Genesis 1. Archaeology and modern scholarship demonstrate that Genesis is indeed corrupted. Cavemen walk with Adam and Eve. Esoteric prophecies reveal the coming of Christ, and also reveal the dark forces that govern the cosmos. Such are the ancient Christian writings. Science vindicates the truth of these ideas. Evolution often happens too fast for Darwin’s theory. Gaps in the fossil record indicate that some kind of unnatural force acts together with natural selection. Astrobiology reveals that intelligent life probably evolved long before us. The fossil record reveals strange clues that aliens abducted species and transported them across oceans, and that DNA from diverse lineages was combined to spawn hybrid species. Evidently, aliens influence evolution, and they are the gods of the world’s religions. This is not fiction. All these facts are thoroughly documented in the links above.
[1] McKenna, Malcolm C; Bell, Susan K. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. 1997, Columbia University Press, New York, NY, p 362-363 [2] Gheerbrant, Emmanuel; Sudre, Jean; Iarochene, Mohamed; Moumni, Abdelkader. First Ascertained African "Condylarth" Mammals (Primitive Ungulates: cf. Bulbulodentata and cf. Phenacodonta) from the Earliest Ypresian of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. 2001, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(1), p 107-118
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