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Re:Schöningen Spears by yters on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:10PM (#22185868)
Or, maybe they are much younger than we think, and we need to upgrade our dating methodology...
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Re:Schöningen Spears by ALLLOWERCASE on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:59PM (#22186320)
Highly doubtable. Carbon dating is quite sound.
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Re:Schöningen Spears by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @06:22PM (#22187137)
Carbon dating isn't considered to be accurate for objects older than 50,000 years. These objects weren't dated that way.
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Re:Schöningen Spears by yters on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:00AM (#22191302)
Not sure it is as sound as you think: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180605112057.h...
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