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Re:Archaeologists in China Discover the Oldest Stone Tools O... by rossdavidh on Sunday July 15, 2018 @07:12PM (#17537621)
Interesting if true. I could easily believe what you say, but do we know that? I don't know the field well enough to say.
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Re:Archaeologists in China Discover the Oldest Stone Tools O... by garmaine on Sunday July 15, 2018 @09:10PM (#17538060)
Yes it is rather trivially true. The age is getting exponentially further while discoveries are happening faster.

But that reflects improvements in technology, not anything about what’s being measured.

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