From:
Norman Watts <Norman_Watts@zzzzzzz>
Date:
Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:11:05 -0400
Subject:
The Great Sculptor
I just happened to see the August 20th issue of Science magazine, the
cover of which shows a most awesome sculpture. Namely newly discovered
ca. 570 million year old fossils (just a few centimeters tall, with
details preserved down to 30 microns, and not squashed flat but in 3-D)
of fern-like animals. They apparently represent the oldest known
complex life forms on Earth. It seems for those in the field this
requires some rethinking (I'm not knowledgeable about this stuff
personally). A foreword to the article begins with a reference to
Egyptian hieroglyphs and Shelley's famous lines "My name is
Ozymandias... Look on my works ye Mighty and despair". The parallels
and connections to several recent Stone postings were just too much for
me to resist.
Norman Watts, Ph. D.
National Institutes of Health
50 South Drive, Rm. 1509
Bethesda, MD 20892-8025
Phone: (301) 402-3418
Fax: (301) 480-7629
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