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How was it dated?
by protomolecule 3y ago
How was it dated?
- defrost 3y agoStable persistent settlement has been dated by genetic clocks, various types of radiological markers on rock art and layered artifacts and middens with ranges at differing locations from comfortably 30k years out to 70k years at a stretch - it's a very big country. eg: at least 50k established by genetics for most of the land area: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature21416 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature21416
- protomolecule 3y agoBut how were the stories dated? 70k is so long before the invention of writing systems.