He and many
other archaeologists say it will take much stronger evidence to convince them that the bones were fractured by ancient people.
According to Sonia Zakrzewski, an associate professor of archaeology at the University of Southampton, Hublin's discovery could
encourage other archaeologists to change the way they think about human origins.
But
other archaeologists argue that the bones — with no obvious signs of injury or strenuous physical activity — are too pristine to have seen battle.
Undeterred, Sarianidi and a handful
of other archaeologists soldiered on, unearthing additional elaborate structures and artifacts.
Questions of Gender Roles Site discoverer James Mellaart and
other archaeologists believed that Çatalhöyük was a matriarchal society — these early theories were based in part on clay figurines found in the settlement and believed to represent a «mother goddess.»
The early fire dates creeping up on 2 million years ago could support that hypothesis, but
other archaeologists say the evidence on the ground is thin.
A: If you talked to
other archaeologists, they would think that a lot of [underwater archaeologists] do this because we like to scuba dive and that we aren't trying to answer research questions.
Even as the first Clovis tools were being found at Blackwater Draw,
other archaeologists were discovering evidence of ancient human activity in Chile at about the same time as the Clovis culture.
Hlubik and
other archaeologists have excavated around 5,000 artifacts from the site — mostly chips of bone or stone flakes.
When the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan forced him and
other archaeologists to relocate to other areas of interest, Sarianidi remembered this site, which locals call Gonur, and determined to return.
Other archaeologists have found tantalizing hints of slavery in existing remains.
But Jöris and
some other archaeologists caution against drawing too many firm conclusions from the work.
Other archaeologists have seen similar problems at other parks.
Harry, Plog, and
other archaeologists and anthropologists are equally concerned about the parks» museums and repositories for preserving and displaying artifacts.
Other archaeologists were unconvinced.