Yes. The political correction that is fouling scientific methodology in favor of the PC, ‘late out of Africa only’ BS theory.
Just another example of the current state of the mess in academia.
Did they put a date on these scratch marks? Some time ago I saw cross hatched marks on an oblong stone from a cave in southern africa that I think they said was around 80,000 years old and homo sapien in origin. Anyone have that reference?