Old bones.........

Reading various works on studies that have been done on animals, plants and such things that we see today, find reference and discussion on skeletons of those that are related to the animals of today in the past. What relevance to what we see now does this have? What does it matter that antelopes might have been tree climbers and meat eaters in a time past, if this was discovered? People write about the times on the earth 20 million years ago as if they were there and walking round, or flying their aircraft over the land and water of that time. Yet they couldn't have been there, and they are only working with what they know today by transposing it onto the soil, skeletal and moisture samples that they find, and declare to be so old or so ancient or whatever comes into their modern day reasoning. It proves what?

So what does this do other than justify the existence of people who are employed to do this digging and searching to satisfy their own curiosity first, and then generate the curiosity for the general public so they get money to do more of this work. The general public who are led to believe all this theory without any real proof they can establish themselves, telling them that it was actually so. Should we do anything with this study do we need to know these things and what relevance does it have to our world today or our lives at any time over the period that we can remember, or to any following generations. It appears to be of no use other than bulk out the books written about species we know today. It creates a history without any meaning and no certainty of accuracy.

The professors and other spout this information and are labeled as being very clever, not because they discovered this themselves, but because their memory is such that it retains what they read and believe, no matter if it is in some future time debunked. Even when debunked it just sets off another spiraling set of theories that could apply yet change nothing in the world at all. It is a rarefied environment which has certain people discussing ideas and theories that lead nowhere. Sadly the use and purpose of this generated knowledge just accepted and is never questioned by those of us to whom it's fed. The money used to discover this theoretical past could be better applied to study and research what is actually happening on the planet today. Forget the bones of animals long gone and look at animals of today so we can better understand them and their needs for survival.

Maybe researchers of the future will dig up and study the bones and other skeletal forms of animals that were on the planet even as we were ourselves. But which weren't studied and allowed or even actioned to become extinct. Thereby those future curious diggers and researchers will also find money to justify their employment. What a waste of resources.