But Bill Farley, an archaeologist at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, says the paper has not provided evidence that an advanced civilization existed during the last ice age. The 27,000-year-old soil samples from Gunung Padang, although accurately dated, do not carry hallmarks of human activity, such as charcoal or bone fragments, he says. Archaeological records show that the transition from hunter-gatherer societies to complex societies occupying large settlements occurred after the commencement of the Holocene 11,700 years ago. The oldest known city is the 9,000 year old site of Çatalhöyük in what is now Turkey.
This man is an idiot. Charcoal and bone fragments are not the kind of evidence of human activity an advanced civilization leaves behind.
The big thing archaeologists like him are missing is the recurring global catastrophe that happens about every 12,000 years.
Yup.
The man who estimated the age of the Sphinx by its erosion says he usually gives his lower bound estimate (~9,000 years old) so as not to shock mainstream historians too much. His best guess at its age is around 30,000–40,000 years old.
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