%0 Journal Article
%T Response to Comment on Ħ°U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave artĦħ
%J -
%D 2018
%R 10.1126/science.aau1736
%X Slimak et al. challenge the reliability of our oldest (>65,000 years) U-Th dates on carbonates associated with cave paintings in Spain. They cite a supposed lack of parietal art for the 25,000 years following this date, along with potential methodological issues relating to open-system behavior and corrections to detrital or source water 230Th. We show that their criticisms are unfounded
%U http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6411/eaau1736