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Clusters of flowstone ages are not supported by statistical evidence

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  1. Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK

    Philip Hopley

  2. Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK

    Pieter Vermeesch

  3. Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

    Randall Parrish

  4. Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

    Alfred Latham

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Hopley, P., Vermeesch, P., Parrish, R. et al. Clusters of flowstone ages are not supported by statistical evidence. Nature 594, E10 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03586-0

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