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Re:12,000-year-old realistic human statue was unearthed by Fluorescence on Monday October 02, 2023 @05:23AM (#37735811)
Has the statue itself been dated? 12,000 yo is the estimated founding date of Göbekli Tepe not it's last use. Humans like to move things about go through many phases of inhabitation of a place.

How is dating as a science faring in the replication crisis? It seems fraught with incentives for those involved. Discover something 2000 years old and no-one cares but 12,000 years old and you've got a TV career and a book deal.

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Re:12,000-year-old realistic human statue was unearthed by tomek_ycomb on Monday October 02, 2023 @09:14AM (#37737641)
The incentives are that the person who discovered the previously oldest <12,000 island that defined their archeological site as the coolest site, tends to fight. That plus 3rd party dating and other solutions. Because sometimes there is not a lot to go off of for dating, I've also seen people complaining that samples aren't always shared. So it's not perfect for sure, but I'm noting there are still incentives in that system
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