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GUEST,Pete from seven stars link BS: Mungo Man Holdover From Closed Thread (196* d) RE: BS: Mungo Man Holdover From Closed Thread 03 Apr 14


Part two.       Testing done on nearby charcoal....gave an age, being older yet....mungo woman lay just below this....thus the dating must be reset.....she was found in 69...but forward now yr 74 ...mungo man find same sand bed...assume same dating,that's for sure............a man called bowler, another called Thorne...unearth together, mungo find...but as the course of yrs fly by...togetherness is less inclined...bowler used in 98 ....thermoluminesence test.... 42 thousand yr was read....older yet he thought it best.........former c 14 date...supposed correct and best obtained...set aside in favour of one with much more zeros gained....then it was in 99 ...Thorne and other scientists....comprehensive study making...62 thousand yr insist..........sampling done on bone and sand....as other tastings were employed....mungo man gaining greater age....but bowler thought it null and void....bowler would not toe the party line....claiming complex lab results....must agree with former field work.....this agreement difficult..............dating game is so uncertain.   Not as sure as some suggest.....they may argue on the detail.....but as you may have guessed.......any other doubt is simply unexpressed.                            Civil discussion welcomed, any other may be ignored.


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