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Re: place names and fossils

To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: place names and fossils
From: Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:45:36 +1000
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Adrienne Mayor wrote:
> 
> Bruce is right--The interesting tales on this website suggest
> "ancestral memories" in oral traditions dating back to the Ice Age
> when humans coexisted with giant beavers the size of black bears.

It's thought that Australian aboriginal legends of the 'bunyip' may be
describing some sort of diprotodontid.

http://www.pibburns.com/cryptost/bunyip.htm

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Dann Pigdon
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Melbourne, Australia        http://heretichides.soffiles.com
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