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To: SunkenCiv
50,000 years is a pretty iffy radiocarbon date. Also the "tool" that's being displayed as evidence is so unsophisticated it looks pre-acheulean. On the other hand, maybe it is a tool, only not one made by Homo sapiens.
20 posted on 11/18/2004 6:21:02 AM PST by Varda
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To: Varda

Yeah, the radiocarbon limit is only 60,000 years nowadays, but the age is also ballparked using its stratigraphy. I would like to know how ash remains are normed up for the test, since they might test older anyway having already been burned as they were deposited.


25 posted on 11/18/2004 9:35:25 AM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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