Saturday, November 30, 2024

A Byrd in the Hand…

 Sometimes I come across pattern clusters in seemingly random investigations involving my fields of interest and for material to be used in my fictional novel.  Such was the case today when I came across an excerpt from this article: 

Oldest Modern Human Genome Reconstructed Using DNA From 45,000-Year-Old Skull

One possible explanation for the discontinuity is the Campanian Ignimbrite volcanic eruption roughly 39,000 years ago, which severely affected climate in the northern hemisphere and may have reduced the survival chances of Neanderthals and early modern humans in large parts of Ice Age Europe.  
I then googled volcanic eruptions 25,000 years ago and came to the following  

Taupo Volcano

Two Centuries of Volcanic Eruptions May Have Triggered the End of the Ice Age:  

Our research included the broadest suite of chemical and elemental analysis ever attempted on a deep ice core, and the most precise breakdown of time. This record of the eruptions was precisely duplicated in replicate samples from the same ice core, and in ice cores taken from near Byrd Station in West Antarctica, and Taylor Glacier in Antartica’s Dry Valleys.

What immediately caught my eye, was the “Byrd Station”… given the recent “Bird Theme” pattern clusters.  So I followed the lead and arrived at: 

His birthday is meaningful in that 3 of me ex partners family members were born on October 25th.  Byrd being quite famous has an extensive wikipedia page that include the mention of other notable persons and links to follow.  Not wanting to spend the time required to investigate all, I focussed on names that stood out and I came to this excerpt: 

On May 9, 1926, Byrd and Navy Chief Aviation Pilot Floyd Bennett attempted a flight over the North Pole

My ex partners surname is “Bennett”, so I took this as a twin heads up.  Note the following from Floyd Bennett’s wiki page: 

Floyd Bennett (October 25, 1890 – April 25, 1928)

What are the chances that he too was born on October 25!! 

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