He was a young man full of earthly vigor who had a wisdom of his own, and may the earth in which he rests, not far from here, lie light on his bones, and bring the news, each year, of the return of the sun and of the frost.

NEWYORKER: Bear Meat

Since no dinosaur fossils have ever been found in sediments dating from after this point, conventional wisdom has it that the largest creatures ever to roam the earth must have been cut down in their prime - victims of an asteroid impact that sparked firestorms, acid rain and a nuclear winter that blotted out the sun.

BBC: Closing the 'three metre gap'

Not since Galileo redefined our understanding of the Earth's place in the universe has there been such a vigorous attack on what passes for conventional wisdom.

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