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The hominid dating puzzle is continually being pieced together due to interdisciplinary work between anthropologists and geologists. I would note, however, that radiation decays (not accumulates) at a known rate in buried minerals, per the radiation half-life law. Bruce M. RuckerBerkeley, Calif.
By Science News -
AnthropologyAncient people get dated Down Under
New dating analyses indicate that people reached southeastern Australia between 50,000 and 46,000 years ago and that two human skeletons previously unearthed there were buried about 40,000 years ago.
By Bruce Bower -
HumansFrom the August 16, 1930, issue
MILLION VOLT GLOBE The shiny metal globe which the front cover pictures was spun on a lathe from two flat sheets of copper one-eighth inch thick.