[ClearCase_guy]

All scientists theorize. It's what they do, and we wouldn't have our present civilization if scientists refrained from guessing.

However, I see a difference between guessing (let's say) what would happen if you alter the chemical composition of a battery, and what is going on here. They guess at how the land has changed. They guess at what the weather was like 500,000 years ago. They guess that an axe was smoothed by a river. They guess that the axe moved from point A to point B.

And they put these guesses together and arrive at a conclusion. I'm sorry, I can't take that stuff seriously. REAL science contains some degree of guessing, and a lot of verified facts. This crap is pretty much 100% guesses and a conclusion.

[Terriergal]

It gets real interesting when they figure (guess) the coal layers were laid down billions of years ago and then dig up a chunk of it with a gold chain inside. Hmmm....

[CobaltBlue]

In fairness, it's hard to tell exactly what's going on. The thing is being reported in a local news outlet, and who knows what credentials "Simon Lewis, lecturer at Queen Mary College of London," has?

[CobaltBlue]

Here's a link to AHOB (Ancient Human Occupation of Britain), FWIW.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ahob/index_2.html

[JudyB1938]

And they put these guesses together and arrive at a conclusion. I'm sorry, I can't take that stuff seriously. REAL science contains some degree of guessing, and a lot of verified facts. This crap is pretty much 100% guesses and a conclusion.

I am laughing at your remark. I was thinking the same thing as I was reading the article.

In fact, I think the same thing as I read MANY so-called "scientific" papers. Additionally, I believe many of those "early-man tools" are nothing but what they look like - ROCKS! IMO, those pseudo-intellectuals do much damage to the serious work of dedicated archaeologists.