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You're not wrong but it's kind of absurd to expect slam dunk evidence of any kind of causal link in the archaeological record.
by darby_nine 2y ago
You're not wrong but it's kind of absurd to expect slam dunk evidence of any kind of causal link in the archaeological record.
- defrost 2y agoI don't expect slam dunk evidence and that'd be an absurd projection onto anybody familiar with the paleontological record. I do, perhaps foolishly, expect articles in the science domain, even if PopSci, to not behave as if a single recent paper in a field is the only paper of note and one that definitively sews up an ongoing debate. I'd hope such an article would at least mention other equally recent papers that have both parallel and opposing views.
- darby_nine 2y agoI agree. Side bar, paleontology and paleoarchaeology still work with the archaeological record.