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EXTINCT GIANT RHINOCEOROSES
July 31, 2026 10:00pm

 

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EXTINCT GIANT RHINOCEOROSES
AND THEIR RELATIVES-- A MUSING on Evolution's radiate path, starting with Teleoceras and dwelling on the giant Paraceratherium. The wonders of the planet's bio-history will never let the investigator down, or cease to inspire the student of Earth's outbranching, evolutionary methodology. It is shocking that semi-Fabulous, luminous evidence of the development of consciousness is blocked from presentation to the pig-ignorant, who are content not to know it. The Treasures of Time lie high, as Sir Thomas Browne wrote in his HYDRIOTAPHIA; Dr. Browne spoke of their easy access to those who turn a spade in the deep-delved earth, "scarce below the roots of some vegetables." Just a small effort, he indicated, may dislodge them. In the same way, the revelations of the paleontological column are waiting nearby, as it were, easily retrievable from the slightest effort. The voices of the past also perform here, in full chorus, as always...


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