The MSM, public schools' and liberal universties' suppression of the voices of conservative scientists shouldn't exactly be surprising though. They suppress and bash everything else linked to conservatives and conservatism.
Since the various methods of dating do not consistently agree, it can't really be called a precise "science". There is probably a greater liklihood that these footprints belong to Whitey Bulger than to a man who lived 40,000 years ago.
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You should have read the article before "debunking" a process that they didn't use. From the article:
"The footprints were analyzed and dated by a team of international scientists using laser technology."
No.. Laser dating..
Additionally, in the following excerpt from the article, it is pointed out that the footprints were found in volcanic ash after 6 to 10 feet of sediment were removed..
There is probably a greater liklihood that these footprints belong to Whitey Bulger than to a man who lived 40,000 years ago.
No... These people take such dating very seriously..
Their professional reputation depends upon it..
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Gonzalez said the footprints were preserved as trace fossils in volcanic ash along what was the shoreline of an ancient volcanic lake.
"Climate variations and the eruption of the Cerro Toluquilla volcano caused lake levels to rise and fall, exposing the Xalnene volcanic ash layer," Gonzalez said.
She said the footprints, which were preserved when water levels rose, were now as hard as concrete and had been uncovered without excavation after quarry workers removed 6 to 10 feet (2 to 3 meters) of lake sediment that had been deposited on top of the volcanic ash layer.
The footprints were analyzed and dated by a team of international scientists using laser technology.