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10
Cretaceous
Park
We
have come a long way, in space and time, through the use of the vari-
ous time machines profiled in this topic. Fossil, radiometric and magnetic
dating machines; the detection of ancient latitude, sea level, and tempera-
ture; the reconstruction of fossils and the communities they lived in. Yet
there are so many more invaluable techniques that we have not even
touched up here.
How to summarize? Perhaps the best way to recap the discoveries, rein-
terpretations, and even speculations that this topic recounts is to recreate
ancient Sucia Island in a story, using the disparate facts we have unearthed
as the backdrop. To do that I'll use one of science fiction's favorite devices,
an "actual" time machine.
