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2021-09-16 Science & Technology

Is this the world's oldest work of art? Sequence of hand and footprints discovered on the Tibetan Plateau dates back up to 226,000 years ‐ and may be 'prehistoric graffiti' left by children

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-09-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

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Since Uranium 23# dating is usually used for 10+ million old items I wonder how accurate it is for newer items

The 200k+ years is 2x's beyond C-14's limit.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-09-16 05:43|| 2021-09-16 05:43|| Front Page Top

#2 But, was it ghey erotica? That's all that matters to the academic world.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-09-16 05:45|| 2021-09-16 05:45|| Front Page Top

#3 If I recall correctly, they used to use potassium-argon testing for stuff older than C-14's range.

Posted by Mercutio 2021-09-16 08:52|| 2021-09-16 08:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Once again absolute proof that the simple answer is outlawed in academia, after all they couldn't have been a couple of kids horsing around.

Posted by Cesare 2021-09-16 11:00|| 2021-09-16 11:00|| Front Page Top

#5 So what they think they've got is the world's oldest refrigerator door?

Posted by ed in texas 2021-09-16 12:36|| 2021-09-16 12:36|| Front Page Top

#6 So what they think they've got is the world's oldest refrigerator door?

It sounds less glamorous when you put it like that, but yeah. Looks to me like kids playing in the mud. There are a number of paleo sites with the outlines of hands, symbols and drawings, but it all looks very deliberate.

Posted by SteveS 2021-09-16 13:29|| 2021-09-16 13:29|| Front Page Top

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