Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Thu, Aug 31 2006
Was Easter Island basically gnawed to death?
Those who cling to carbon-dating as the last word for determining historical timelines often make me nervous. A little displaced carbon-this or carbon-that can throw their calculations off by many centuries. I'm no scientist, but it does seem to me that going back and double-checking accepted theories and past readings would be a wise thing to do before building on those theories and readings as though they were undisputed facts. I've heard for years about how the inhabitants' mishandling of natural resources on Easter Island led to other difficulties and abandonment of the place. But now there's a slightly different tale emerging.
posted at: 13:34 | category: /Science | link to this entry
Those who cling to carbon-dating as the last word for determining historical timelines often make me nervous. A little displaced carbon-this or carbon-that can throw their calculations off by many centuries. I'm no scientist, but it does seem to me that going back and double-checking accepted theories and past readings would be a wise thing to do before building on those theories and readings as though they were undisputed facts. I've heard for years about how the inhabitants' mishandling of natural resources on Easter Island led to other difficulties and abandonment of the place. But now there's a slightly different tale emerging.
posted at: 13:34 | category: /Science | link to this entry
