Paleontologist Alan Titus, who discovered the Rainbows and Unicorns site in 2014 and is one of the lead authors of the
PeerJ study, says that the group of deceased and fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex specimens were the victims of a massive flood that drowned them and washed their bodies into a lake. They lay on the bottom, grouped together and undisturbed, for millions of years, until climatological and geological changes dried the lake and created a river (also now gone) that eroded the soil and brought the bones back up to the earth’s surface.
“We used a truly multi-disciplinary approach (physical and chemical evidence) to piece the history of the site together,” explained Celina Suarez , a University of Arkansas geologist and study participant. “The end-result [was] that the tyrannosaurs died together during a seasonal flooding event.”
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Burning Man mulling mandatory COVD-19 vaccines for August
SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press
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1of5FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2004 file photo the crowd of thousands cheer as the Burning Man is burned to the ground, at the 18th annual Burning Man Celebration, at Black Rock Desert. Burning Man organizers are considering requiring attendees to prove they ve been vaccinated for COVID-19 if they move forward with plans to hold this year s counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert. But they have backed off an earlier announcement that they d already decided to make shots mandatory, and won t decide for sure until the end of the month whether the event that was canceled last year due to the pandemic will even take place. (Lacy Atkins/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)Lacy Atkins/APShow MoreShow Less
Burning Man mulling mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for August festival
The organizers back off an earlier statement indicating that they had already decided to require the shots.
By SCOTT SONNERAssociated Press
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RENO, Nev. Burning Man organizers have said that they are considering requiring attendees to prove they have been vaccinated for COVID-19 if the organizers move forward with plans to hold this year’s counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert.
The organizers backed off an earlier statement indicating that they had already decided to make the shots mandatory. They say they won’t decide for sure until the end of the month whether the event that was canceled last year because of the pandemic will take place this summer.