A team led by David Meltzer of Southern Methodist University rechecked the dates from 29 archaeological sites cited as evidence for a cosmic collision associated with the Younger Dryas.
Sources
- News - What Caused the Deep Freeze of the Younger Dryas? - Archaeology Magazine (archaeology.org)
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1401150111 (pnas.org)
- https://experts.arizona.edu/en/publications/chronological-evidence-fails-to-support-claim-of-an-isochronous-w/ (experts.arizona.edu)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10450282/ (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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