Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Matters Arising
  • Published:

Clusters of flowstone ages are not supported by statistical evidence

Matters Arising to this article was published on 16 June 2021

The Original Article was published on 21 November 2018

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Rent or buy this article

Prices vary by article type

from$1.95

to$39.95

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Pickering, R. et al. U–Pb-dated flowstones restrict South African early hominin record to dry climate phases. Nature 565, 226–229 (2019).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Vermeesch, P. On the visualisation of detrital age distributions. Chem. Geol. 312–313, 190–194 (2012).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Stratford, D. et al. Comments on ‘U-Pb dated flowstones restrict South African early hominin record to dry climate phases’ (Pickering et al. Nature 2018;565:226–229). S. Afr. J. Sci. 116, 7094 (2020).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Contributions

All authors contributed to writing the manuscript and interpreting the results. P.V. undertook the statistical analysis.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Philip Hopley.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

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

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03586-0

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing