yeah, I'm sure there's plenty such claims that can be proven wrong. Unless it's already a well-known fact in the field. Like in archeology, the "oldest ... to

yeah, I'm sure there's plenty such claims that can be proven wrong. Unless it's already a well-known fact in the field. Like in archeology, the "oldest ... to be ..." is often very well known because it has direct consequences for their methodologies and paradigms Either way, I don't see why you would write off a whole bit of research for something that was probably just meant to be a side-comment to bring in some additional context for people outside the field