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How Many Epidermal Ridges per Linear Centimeter? Comments on Possible Pre-Clovis Human Friction Skin Prints from Pendejo Cave
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The identification of human friction prints by Chrisman et al. (1996) from Pendejo Cave, New Mexico, some dating more than 36,000 years B.P., is tenuous given the incongruence between data presented in the text and data illustrated in the figures. The identification of these structures as human friction prints hinged largely on the frequency of epidermal ridges per linear centimeter. As such, the validity of this evidence to justify the presence of humans at Pendejo Cave at this early date is questioned.
Title: How Many Epidermal Ridges per Linear Centimeter? Comments on Possible Pre-Clovis Human Friction Skin Prints from Pendejo Cave
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The identification of human friction prints by Chrisman et al.
(1996) from Pendejo Cave, New Mexico, some dating more than 36,000 years B.
P.
, is tenuous given the incongruence between data presented in the text and data illustrated in the figures.
The identification of these structures as human friction prints hinged largely on the frequency of epidermal ridges per linear centimeter.
As such, the validity of this evidence to justify the presence of humans at Pendejo Cave at this early date is questioned.
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