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Anthropology

flyingfysh

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7. the dates are not very specific

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #6)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 02:04 PM

Nov 2018

The age of the crater was estimated by looking atg how jagged the bottom was, and estimating how long it would take to wear smooth. This is obviously not very precise.

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Is this what killed off the Clovis culture? [View all] flyingfysh Nov 2018 OP

Interesting thought. byronius Nov 2018 #1

dunno about that but in Arkansas they have the Crater of Diamonds..a state owned.. samnsara Nov 2018 #2

sounds like that impact crater caused the massive NA 'extinction' event of lganimals & clovis man Sunlei Nov 2018 #3

Thank you for this thread, flyingfysh, and the information it generated, too. n/t Judi Lynn Nov 2018 #4

another good article! Sunlei Nov 2018 #5

The 1000 year difference though causes me to doubt that specific impact event caused it cstanleytech Nov 2018 #6

the dates are not very specific flyingfysh Nov 2018 #7

my favorite Large Asteroid Impact Simulation- 6 times in earths history strike was this large. Sunlei Nov 2018 #8