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   Paul in Houston TX to RS Wood   
   Re: [SM] the South Atlantic Magnetic Ana   
   31 Jul 15 14:42:33   
   
   XPost: sci.geo.geology   
   From: Paul@Houston.Texas   
      
   RS Wood wrote:   
      
   > Title: Ancient Huts May Reveal Clues to Earth's Magnetic Pole Reversals   
   > Author: takyon   
   > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 21:11:00 -0400   
   >   
   > [...] "They had this ritualistic burning of villages," Tarduno told   
   > Space.com. "Particularly in times of drought, the conclusion would be that   
   > there might have been some offence in the village, so the solution was to   
   > have a burning down of the village." The process was intended to cleanse the   
   > village, their collaborator archaeologist Thomas Huffman, from Witwatersrand   
   > University in South Africa, said in the statement.   
      
   I'm glad we don't do that as much any more.   
   I like my house in the burbs.   
      
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