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Schöningen Spears
- _Microft 7y agoIt is amazing that wood can be preserved so well over hundreds of thousands of years, the Clacton spear [0] is one hundred thousand years older than these and look at the photo of it! How many things from such a long time ago must be out there if we can still find any of them today? This is a serious question and if someone can point me to research with math on it, it would be much appreciated! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clacton_Spear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clacton_Spear
- yters 7y agoOr, maybe they are much younger than we think, and we need to upgrade our dating methodology...
- ALLLOWERCASE 7y agoHighly doubtable. Carbon dating is quite sound.
- yters 7y agoNot sure it is as sound as you think: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180605112057.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180605112057.h...
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoCarbon dating isn't considered to be accurate for objects older than 50,000 years. These objects weren't dated that way.
- lowdose 7y agoI'm wondering the same thing and how the result compares to what we have found up till now. The article mentions this found has stirred the academic discussion on what earlier humans could do and how advanced their technology was. What are the chances our predecessors were much more sophisticated than we are ever able to prove?
- brunoTbear 7y agoI misread the title and was confused about how these could be both spears and not spears at the same time.