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A Shocking Find in a Neanderthal Cave in France ( inhabited 176,000 years ago )
The Atlantic ^
| May 25, 2016
| Ed Yong
Posted on 09/29/2020 3:54:54 PM PDT by Candor7
..............After drilling into the stalagmites and pulling out cylinders of rock, the team could see an obvious transition between two layers. On one side were old minerals that were part of the original stalagmites; on the other were newer layers that had been laid down after the fragments were broken off by the cave’s former users. By measuring uranium levels on either side of the divide, the team could accurately tell when each stalagmite had been snapped off for construction.
Their date? 176,500 years ago, give or take a few millennia.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
TOPICS: Education; Reference; Science
KEYWORDS: cave; dating; dumbert41; dumgi; godsgravesglyphs; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals; stalactites; stalagmite; stalagmites
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The cave was assumed to have been be used by Neanderthals.
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posted on
09/29/2020 3:54:54 PM PDT
by
Candor7
To: Fred Nerks
They found my old camp site!
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posted on
09/29/2020 3:55:45 PM PDT
by
Candor7
((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
To: Candor7
Exactly 176,000 years and not a day earlier of later.
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posted on
09/29/2020 3:56:43 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: Candor7
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posted on
09/29/2020 3:56:51 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(In this circus called the Democrat Party, Biden is the monkey and Harris is the organ grinder...)
To: Candor7
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posted on
09/29/2020 3:59:56 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Fungi
From the excerpt (didn’t even have to read the article):
“Their date? 176,500 years ago, give or take a few millennia.”
So no, the researchers are not claiming 176,000 years to the day.
To: Candor7
( inhabited 176,000 years ago ) Joementia lived there? It can be confusing, whether its 176 years, or 176,000 years.
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posted on
09/29/2020 4:00:48 PM PDT
by
C210N
To: Candor7
Wait till they find the ancient cave art that if it could be properly understood means “Epstein didn’t hang himself”.
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posted on
09/29/2020 4:00:50 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: BenLurkin
Yes, and they were using the circles of stalactites as a calendar.
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posted on
09/29/2020 4:01:28 PM PDT
by
Candor7
((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
To: Candor7
They found my old camp site! The pile of 48 empty Coors cans led the researchers straight to you and your buddies.
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posted on
09/29/2020 4:04:16 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
To: Candor7
Any “scientist” ever stop and think, “hmmm, maybe this carbon dating sh78 is pretty f&*(ked up?”
To: Candor7
Maybe the stalagmites were broken off to keep from tripping over them and stubing toes?
The stalagtights were broken off due to hitting their head on them.
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posted on
09/29/2020 4:08:06 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure)
To: Candor7
Probably a cave bear scratching his back that broke it off, just prior to going down for the winter...
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posted on
09/29/2020 4:08:30 PM PDT
by
Slicksadick
(We accept the love we think we deserve.)
To: Candor7
A huge mastodon was scratching his back and broke it off.
The poor guys went extinct after that because their itchy backs drove them bonkers and they could no longer scratch that horrible itch.
Duh.
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posted on
09/29/2020 4:16:30 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time)
KEYWORDS: neandertal;
neandertals;
neanderthal;
neanderthals
The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
in local libraries
"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
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09/29/2020 4:23:51 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
176,500 years ago, give or take a few millennia.
That's me nowadays, first thing every morning.
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posted on
09/29/2020 4:24:04 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Fungi
Your paranoia about modern technologies is hilarious.
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posted on
09/29/2020 4:25:19 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(In all things ... trigger discipline.)
To: Candor7
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posted on
09/29/2020 4:25:23 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: Candor7
Im not saying it was Alien’s
But it was ALIENS!!!!
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posted on
09/29/2020 4:25:32 PM PDT
by
bandit123
(This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through)
To: Candor7
France does seem to be the epicenter of Neanderthal activity...
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posted on
09/29/2020 4:26:26 PM PDT
by
MRadtke
(Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
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