Response to Comment on "U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art".

Dirk L Hoffmann Christopher D Standish M García-Diez Paul Pettitt James S Milton João Zilhão J J Alcolea-González Pedro Cantalejo-Duarte H Collado Rodrigo de Balbín BehrmannM LorblanchetJosé Ramos-Muñoz Gerd-Christian Weniger Alistair W G Pike

Published in: Science (New York, N.Y.) (2018)

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.

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