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40,000-year-old bracelet made by extinct human species found (2015)

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Re: 40,000-year-old bracelet made by extinct human species found (2015)

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This article about the bracelet is from 2015. No updates since then, and it does not link to anything peer-reviewed. All in all I would take this with a huge grain of salt.

and quotes the daily mail. as far as i'm concerned that puts it immediately in "bigfoot discovered in noah's ark" territory until definitively shown otherwise.

Re: 40,000-year-old bracelet made by extinct human species found (2015)

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This article about the bracelet is from 2015. No updates since then, and it does not link to anything peer-reviewed. All in all I would take this with a huge grain of salt.

A simple google search shows further updates...

http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0711-worlds...

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep23559

Re: 40,000-year-old bracelet made by extinct human species found (2015)

#5

This article about the bracelet is from 2015. No updates since then, and it does not link to anything peer-reviewed. All in all I would take this with a huge grain of salt.

and quotes the daily mail. as far as i'm concerned that puts it immediately in "bigfoot discovered in noah's ark" territory until definitively shown otherwise.

Daily Mail's holding company has a serious data operation in place though, maybe they're leaking their inside info, like where the ark of the covenant is warehoused, now that earth is totally fucked

Re: 40,000-year-old bracelet made by extinct human species found (2015)

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How do we know that 5000 year old humans didn't make jewelry out of 35000 year old materials?

Interesting question. I didn't read the article and don't know anything about the subject, but maybe you can tell if the chisel marks are 5000 or 35000 years old? Probably not, but just a thought.

Re: 40,000-year-old bracelet made by extinct human species found (2015)

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post #6

How do we know that 5000 year old humans didn't make jewelry out of 35000 year old materials?

IANAA (I am not a archaeologist), but I'm guessing the dating is based on the materials that encased/surrounded the artifact rather than the material of the artifact itself.
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