Comment on “DNA from Pre-Clovis Human Coprolites in Oregon, North America” Journal Articles

abstract

• Gilbert et al . (Reports, 9 May 2008, p. 786) analyzed DNA from radiocarbon-dated paleofecal remains from Paisley Cave, Oregon, which ostensibly demonstrate a human presence in North America predating the well-established Clovis complex. We question the authenticity of their DNA results and argue that in the absence of intact stratigraphy and diagnostic artifacts, and in view of carbon isotope anomalies, the radiocarbon dates of the oldest specimens are unreliable.

authors

• Poinar, Hendrik
• Fiedel, Stuart
• King, Christine E
• Devault, Alison M
• Bos, Kirsti
• Kuch, Melanie
• Debruyne, Regis

status

• published 

publication date

• July 10, 2009

has subject area

• Animals (MeSH)
• Canidae (MeSH)
• DNA, Mitochondrial (MeSH)
• Feces (MeSH)
• Fossils (MeSH)
• General Science & Technology (Science Metrix)
• Haplotypes (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Indians, North American (MeSH)
• Oregon (MeSH)
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide (MeSH)
• Radiometric Dating (MeSH)
• Time (MeSH)

published in

• Science  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Canidae
• DNA, Mitochondrial
• Feces
• Fossils
• Haplotypes
• Humans
• Indians, North American
• Oregon
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Radiometric Dating
• Time

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1126/science.1168182

PubMed ID

• 19589985

start page

• 148

end page

• 148

volume

• 325

issue

• 5937