Posted on 07/21/2014 9:29:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The question I have is whether the bear bones show these bare-footed folks were contesting ownership of the cave with cave bears—and winning.
Before RC dating, stratigraphy was used exclusively. Since the bear bones were immediately below, using RC dating on the bones dates the strata in which they’re found, and the millimeters of debris on top of them is likely to have accumulated in a short period of time — not the over 10000 years that represents the difference between the old estimate and this RC date.
OK. So they dated the bones located under the footprint. Why couldn’t the bones have been there for thousands of years before someone stepped into the debris. Thanks for your help and patience.
I explained that already, and I’m done with it.
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