To: SunkenCiv
The researchers acknowledge that there are gaps in the volcanoes theory. For instance, the time line needs to be better defined -- did the volcanic eruptions occur in a period of months, years, or decades? ...It's also unknown exactly how long it took the Neanderthals to die out -- or how long after the eruptions modern humans began settling Europe in force, she said. What caused "all the volcanoes" to erupt "around the same time"? We don't know.
What's the timeline for this event? We don't know.
How long did it take them to die out? We don't know.
How did this effect human settlements? We don't know.
Why are you publishing such an empty paper? Hey, I'm looking for tenure, man.
8 posted on
09/24/2010 9:01:05 PM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
(Things will change after the revolution, but not before.)
To: ClearCase_guy
What really Killed Off Neanderthals...Publish or Die!
12 posted on
09/24/2010 9:13:42 PM PDT by
bigheadfred
(We built a tower of stone. With our flesh and bone. Just to see him fly .)
To: ClearCase_guy
There are a lot of weird things in this pre-publication reporting. It will be interesting to see how much is NatGeo's poor reporting and how much is the actual study. It will also be interesting to see who is doing their geology and palynology. I'm not really confident in it, from what I read here.
And why the volcanic eruptions? Gee...maybe
17 posted on
09/24/2010 9:32:20 PM PDT by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Sad was the day that “scientists” discovered the popular media — or was it the other way around? Things have never been the same since.
19 posted on
09/24/2010 9:34:38 PM PDT by
Bernard Marx
(I donÂ’t trust the reasoning of anyone who writes then when they mean than.)
To: ClearCase_guy
“We don’t know...”
But these standards, I don’t know so much I could write a book on the subject.
23 posted on
09/24/2010 10:15:38 PM PDT by
BuddhaBrown
(Path to enlightenment: Four right turns, then go straight until you see the Light!)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson