Mastodon Bone Damage Caused by Construction

[Carnoferox]

A new study claims that damage to 130,000 year old mastodon bones from the Cerutti Mastodon site was caused by modern construction work and not ancient humans.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20555563.2019.1589663?journalCode=ypal20

[+Hammerclaw]

7 minutes ago, Carnoferox said:

A new study claims that damage to 130,000 year old mastodon bones from the Cerutti Mastodon site was caused by modern construction work and not ancient humans.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20555563.2019.1589663?journalCode=ypal20

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to determine whether spiral fractures in ancient bones are also ancient or modern. Any archaeologist worth his salt could make that determination, immediately. 

[+Hammerclaw]

Curiously, there's no mention in the paper of forensic analysis to determine whether or not the fractures are ancient or recent. A strange  omission. 

[Mellon Man]

On 01/04/2019 at 5:05 AM, Hammerclaw said:

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to determine whether spiral fractures in ancient bones are also ancient or modern. Any archaeologist worth his salt could make that determination, immediately. 

This is simply not true. 

[+Hammerclaw]

6 hours ago, Mellon Man said:

This is simply not true. 

It's exactly that simple. There is no mineral accretion or wear on a fresh break.