Even without fossils we have more than enough evidense to support evolution. Look at molecular genetics for crying out loud.
Read the title of the thread please, nothing to do with natural selection within syngameons (evolution per se), nor with Darwinian evolution (goo morphs into you), but they're is a thread about this topic, a very popular one, which now is under cesspool.
No, they measured the rate of the apparent movement of the stars of the constellations, because of the Earth's precession, vis-a-vis the hexagon of the circle of the Earth, and with base 60 system, it was 72 years/degree, so 4,320 years for the constellations to move along one side of the Earth hexagon, which they triangulated with the "Celtic Cross," and subdivided by 7,200 to get the base perimeter length for the Great Pyramid, which is 440 royal cubits per base side, a cubit being 20.632 inches. Mulitply that royal cubit length by 1,760 (440 x 4) and you get the equivalent of half a modern nautical mile, which is also base 60 derived. Ta daaaa.
Yes, this is why those hexagon derived numbers, such as 12, 24, 36, 54, 72, 108, and 432, are all through ancient legends, architectures, and measuring systems. And the Great Pyramid's dimensions are a reduction by 43,200 of the dimensions of the Earth, and Giza was on the ancient Prime Meridian, as indicated on the Piri Reis Map, which has radial spokes of precession measurement radiating from Giza.
I still don't see how the rate of precession relates to the radius of the Earth. If the same Earth was 'wobbling' at a slower rate (say half the speed), you'd get 144 years per angle of precession.
The Earth would wobble once in 25,920 years, divide by 6, you get 4,320 years (60 degrees at 72 years/degree).
Yes and my point is that the rate could have been anything. 50 years, 144 years etc take your pick. 72 years x 360 degress = 25,920 years 144 years x 360 degress = 51,840 years 50 years x 360 degrees = 18,000 years So...what is the relationship between the rate of precession (say x), and the dimensions of the Earth (say, y)? How can knowing the rate of precession tell you what the radius of the Earth is? Thats the question I am getting at.
The ancients knew that the length of one side of the "Earth hexagon" is the same as the radius length of the Earth.
So how did they measure the length of one side of the "Earth hexagon"? The length of one side of a hexagon and its inscribed circle is merely a relationship. You still need to know the dimensions of one, to know the dimensions of the other.
With the "Celtic Cross," they measured the length of one side of the "Earth hexagon" according to the rate of precession, and thereby, measured the radius of the Earth.
And as 22/7 (pi) x 40/40 = 880/280 (two base sides/GP height), they knew the value of pi, and so, corrected the 3 to 3.14 for there radius reading from the Earth hexagon side reading.