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Ancient chalk sculpture is 'most important prehistoric art'
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- robotresearcher 5y agoScope of claim mangled by headline: > The museum said it was "one of the most significant" ancient discoveries in the UK.
- mhh__ 5y ago"This is a truly remarkable discovery, and is the most important piece of prehistoric art to be found in Britain in the last 100 years. ..." From the article
- ceh123 5y ago“Found in Britain in the last 100 years” is quite the qualifier to drop completely in this context.
- aksss 5y agoI think GP is calling out the sweeping characterization of the headline posted here. Your full quote provides the important context included in the original statement, “most important…to be found in Britain”. Is it more important than the 30,000+ yo mammoth carving recently found in Swabia? Debatable, but the article never claimed it was contending for such a designation.
- boffinAudio 5y agoIs it more important than the 37,000 year old art found in Narwala Gabarnmung, and which has ties to sites in Turkey? I'd wager a hard no.
- boffinAudio 5y ago"Most significant" .. in the UK. I would wager that the discoveries at Narwala Gabarnmang are among the most important - to the rest of the human species - of all the pre-historic art currently under the gaze of the archeologists eye .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabarnmung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabarnmung