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To: blueplum

The material may be that old.....but that doesn’t mean the carvings are that old. Any “when” is an assumption. That’s what has always bothered me about their work.


2 posted on 11/27/2021 1:18:06 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Sacajaweau
The material may be that old.....but that doesn’t mean the carvings are that old. Any “when” is an assumption.

Ivory can be carbon-dated. As can any other organic items found in close proximity.

Regards,

3 posted on 11/27/2021 2:07:34 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Sacajaweau

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4 posted on 11/27/2021 2:19:07 AM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: Sacajaweau

And there doesn’t seem to be anyway to check the results independently. Her date is THE date.


7 posted on 11/27/2021 3:55:40 AM PST by Adder (Proud member of the FJB/LGB community.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Like your thinking, realizing age of a material is not necessarily age of it’s use.

Can you imagine some future archaeologist claiming the words of a Beatles tune carved on some petrified piece of wood are as old as that piece of wood? Hopefully future archaeologists will be smarter than that.


24 posted on 11/27/2021 8:55:08 AM PST by Wuli
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