But modern archaeology is not what it was at its inception in the 18th century. Its methods, tools and mindset have completely changed.

And this is exactly why we have :

I’m sorry but I find that approach very insulting to all the scientists who are currently doing the work.

That....is a tunic.

Were strict gender roles in pre-agricultural societies actually the expert consensus? I know it’s fairly popular with laypeople and maybe evolutionary psychologists, but from the (admittedly not too many) archeological papers I’ve read, I got the impression most scientists had already moved on past that. Early…

Terrible. Take yer star.

No.. A few issues.

No. One precludes the other. Which touches on some unknowns about planetary composition — how much iron and radioactive materials does a planet need (of its relative mass) to create and sustain the necessary thermal currents to create sufficient geomagnetism and plate tectonics to keep its materials cycling…

Not really, no. The currents generated by the rotating core generate the magnetic field. Once the heat is shed, the core becomes fixed and the currents stop.

“How dare you call me out for drilling holes in the boat we’re all sailing in, you lefty!”

You will be negatively affected by the devastation of climate change, whether you choose to believe or not. Science doesn’t give a shit about what you believe, so you’re partisan prattling is of little consequence.

The sustainability of our society (which includes the natural ecosystems that support our economy) is not a far-left issue.

“pulling 33 mitochondrial genomes from 122 fossils, as done in this study, is considered very successful”

Well, Xenu did used to post on the AV Club, so ...

Atheism is a belief system in the same way as not collecting stamps is a hobby.

So not without the dinosaurs’ consent. Understood.

By that token, we’d have to be agnostic about everything, reserve judgement and be respectful and “open-minded” about even the most ludicrous claims, because there’s no such thing as 100 % certainty in life.

Agnostics are merely atheists without the courage of their convictions.

Well obviously this trackway was laid down in Hammer Time. New geological epoch. Parachute pants everywhere.

Shouldn’t the bigger question be about the black-and-white stick? It’s pretty obviously a crafted tool. I’m used to seeing them in photos of archaeology digs near pot sherds, weapons, grave goods, and human bones, but to find one by dinosaur footprints should be big news.