Ancestors - 80 Million Year Old Sea Creature

Two partially covered teeth attached to a jaw on the fossilized remains of Angus, an 11-metre-long mosasaur unearthed near Morden, Man. (Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre) - Photo from CBC news....   http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/08/27/mosasaur.html

The discovery of this dinosaur is exciting because it provides detail of the habitat of the mosasaur.  Another mosasaur was found thirty years ago in the same area.  The geographic area of the find, was covered with the mid-continental seaway. 

Our stories and legends, mostly passed down by oral tradition (story-telling) contain many references to sea monsters.  The mosasaur definitely qualifies as a "monster-type".  Imagine being our ancestors and having to face this creature, or any other dinosaur that existed.  Although paleoanthropology puts the oldest species of homo sapiens at 2 million years ago, it seems reasonable to believe that some form of man, our ancestors, existed even 80 million years ago.  Just because there has not been any findings of this man, does not mean he never existed.  Until the first fossil of mosasaur was discovered, it too never existed.

Thich Nhat Hanh, a respected Zen Master in exile in France, says, “If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.”

It seems to me that he is saying that we carry the genetics of the very first types of humans, even though we may not know of them.  We carry a holographic memory of all that has happened in the world in our genes.  This may account for the 97% of DNA strands the scientists say are useless.  Perhaps some of those urges called "primeval" are stored there, and perhaps they come from these ancient ones.

May you be the best of your ancestors!

Judith