2023-12-17 00:05:33
Recently, a team of archaeologists made an extraordinary claim that they have discovered evidence of a pyramid built thousands of years earlier than previously believed. The team claims to have found “amazing building skills” allegedly made by people living in the area thousands of years ago, but their findings have been met with skepticism by other experts in the field.
Lutfi Yondrey, an archaeologist at BRIN in Bandung, Indonesia, expressed doubt about the team’s claims, stating that his work showed that people in the area lived in caves between 12,000 and 6,000 years ago, and found no evidence of the remarkable building skills alleged by the team. Similarly, Flint Dibble, an archaeologist at Cardiff University, UK, acknowledged that the study used “legitimate data” but drew unjustified conclusions, particularly in the use of carbon dating to make claims about the construction phases dating back thousands of years BC.
The team’s assertion that soil samples around the supposed oldest part of the “construction” date back 27,000 years has also been met with skepticism. Other archaeologists pointed out that these soil samples showed no signs of human activity in the area, leading them to conclude that it is simply evidence of very old land, rather than evidence of advanced human construction.
The skepticism surrounding the team’s claims underscores the need for extraordinary evidence to support extraordinary claims, especially when such claims would rewrite the history of human development. While the team’s findings are certainly intriguing, they have yet to provide sufficient evidence to convince the archaeological community of their validity.
As the debate continues, it is clear that more research and evidence will be needed to confirm or debunk the team’s claims. For now, the history of human development remains an ongoing and fascinating area of study for archaeologists around the world.
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