Response to Comment on “U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art”
Abstract
Slimak et al. challenge the reliability of our oldest (>65,000 years) U-Th dates on carbonates associated with cave paintings in Spain. They cite a supposed lack of parietal art for the 25,000 years following this date, along with potential methodological issues relating to open-system behavior and corrections to detrital or source water 230Th. We show that their criticisms are unfounded.
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Hoffmann, D., Standish, C., García-Diez, M., Pettitt, P., Milton, J., Zilhão, J., Alcolea-González, J., Cantalejo-Duarte, P., Collado, H., Balbín, R., Lorblanchet, M., Ramos-Muñoz, J., Weniger, G., Pike, A. (2018): Response to Comment on “U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art”. – In: Science, Vol. 362(6411), p: eaau1736, DOI: DOI: 10.1126/science.aau1736
| author | Hoffmann, D.L. and Standish, C.D. and García-Diez, M. and Pettitt, P.B. and Milton, J.A. and Zilhão, J. and Alcolea-González, J.J. and Cantalejo-Duarte, P. and Collado, H. and Balbín, R. de and Lorblanchet, M. and Ramos-Muñoz, J. and Weniger, Gerd-Christian and Pike, A.W.G. |
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| doi | DOI: 10.1126/science.aau1736 |
| journal | Science |
| key | D.L.Hoffmann2018 |
| number | 6411 |
| pages | eaau1736 |
| type | article |
| volume | 362 |
| year | 2018 |