Paleomagnetic dating shows its power again
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Dr. Wu Yi from the Nanhai Ocean Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences is one of the main scientists responsible for the age determination of loess strata in this study. Wu Yi introduced that the method of dying the stone tools is not to directly measure the stone tools, but to measure the age of the loess strata samples where the stone tools are located. As long as you know the age of the soil layer, you will also know the age of the stone tools found in the soil layer. However, many commonly used dating methods, such as radioisotope dating, photoluminescence dating, etc., either cannot measure soil samples a million years ago, or are not suitable for dust deposits such as loess.
So, a technology called paleomagnetic dating is here to show its power. It turns out that in the geological historical period, the magnetic polarity of the earth is not fixed and reversed, so there will be differences between positive and negative polarity periods in geological Babaylan 1990 cloth drawThe historical period of geological Babaylan 1990 cloth drawThe distinction between positive and negative polarity periods of paleogemagnetics. When it is in the positive polarity period, the compass points to the north pole of the earth, and when it is in the reverse polarity period, the compass points to the south pole of the earth.
This kind of geomagnetic reversal will continue to occur throughout the long history of the earth. In the Babaylan 1990 cloth draw, the magnetic matter in the formation will record every change. Therefore, geologists only need to measure the positive and negative situations of geomagnetic polarity recorded by magnetic substances, and then compare the geomagnetic inversions from 2.58 million years ago (also known as the Quaternary period in geology) by using the Babaylan 1990 cloth draw.By counting the specific time when the time occurs, as well as the historical time of each polar era, we can calculate the age of Babaylan 1990 cloth draw magnetic matter.
Wu Yi explained that during a long geological period, after the later soil layer is superimposed on the original soil layer, the later magnetism will be superimposed on the original soil layer. However, since the original magnetism is the strongest and stable, after the heating treatment is carried out, the later superimposed magnetism can be eliminated, and only the original magnetism is preserved. By detecting the original magnetism, the age of this soil layer can be known. Therefore, the researchers first collected samples from top to bottom of the yellow soil section of the stone tool in the field. Each sample had a length of more than ten centimeters to twenty centimeters long, and a total of 74 meters of loess sections were taken. Return to the laboratory, carefully cut each large sample into small soil blocks of 2 square centimeters; then each small soil block is heated first with a thermal demagnetizer, and the temperature is from 0°C to 680°C; then use a “superconductive magnetometer” to obtain the original magnetic direction obtained by the soil layer at that time, which can determine their age.
Scientists found that the bottom 28th layer of loess (L28) showed a short positive polarity, and this soil layer should be in the geomagnetic field. Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawKomiks 1960 witch cloth drawKomiks 1960 witch cloth draw‘s “Songshan Reverse Polarity Period” showed that this layer of loess experienced at that time.A magnetic inversion.
And in the early stages of the fourth Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawCinema 1950 witch cloth drawCinema 1950 witch cloth drawCinema 1950 witch cloth drawTwo magnetic magnetics occurred on Earth. drawreign inverse time, one is the “Reunion incident” between 2.13 million and 2.15 million years ago, and the other is the “Odewey incident” between a late age (178Babaylan 1990 cloth draw100 to 1.95 million years ago). Since the Oduwee incident lasted for 100,000 years, it was denied that it did not meet the positive polarity of the L28 soil sample for a short period of time. Therefore, there is only one answer. The stone tool found on the L28th floor of the Shangchen Village site should be between 2.12 million years ago. According to reports, the researchers conducted paleogeomagnetic dating on more than 700 sets of loess samples in the ChenBabaylan 1990 cloth draw village profile.
Changing the origin of human beings in Africa is not reliable
As for Shangchen Village’s discovery, some people believe that it is possible to change the traditional theory of human beings in Africa, because the stone age of the site was far earlier than the time when human beings left Africa, which is recognized as the time when human beings left Africa at present, indicating that human beings had left Africa at least 1.8 million years ago.
In this regard, Zhu Zhaoyu said that the current discovery in Shangchen Village is not enough to change the theory of human beings leaving Africa, because Africa has not only discovered ancient human fossils dating from 2.8 million years ago and 300 dating from now onStone tools from thousands of years ago, as well as a series of discoveries from ancient apes, erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile erectile However, this discovery greatly updates the history of human activities outside Africa, which will prompt people to make new considerations on the pattern of migration, spread and evolution of early human beings.
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