Second, it illustrates the importance of the methodological standards applied in the 2017 Bluefish Caves reanalysis.

The researchers who produced that study were aware of the Old Crow history and of the methodological pitfalls it illustrated.

The rigor of their taphonomic analysis, and the decision to apply AMS dating directly to the modified specimens rather than relying on the stratigraphic context, reflects the lessons learned from cases like Old Crow — the determination to produce evidence that would not repeat the pattern of spectacular initial claims followed by methodological collapse.

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