[meteorite-list] Age of Man

[Chris Peterson]

What the video is suggesting is rubbish. The likelihood of man being much 
older is very, very small. Dating artifacts is notoriously difficult; dating 
techniques for organic material are very sensitive to contamination, and 
geological dating is unreliable (artifacts can easily end up in unexpected 
strata). Dates are generally determined by looking at lots of examples, so 
that the statistical uncertainty can be reduced. Taking a very small number 
of outliers and basing your conclusions on them is generally poor science.

What is it exactly that you are suggesting could be the case with 
meteoritics?

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


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From: <cdtucson at cox.net>
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Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 10:12 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Age of Man


> List,
> I have two questions about this very interesting video that may be a bit 
> off topic. The questions are ; Could this possibly be true and does this 
> sort of thing happen in meteoritic's. see link below.Thank's.
> Carl Esparza