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. 2010 Jun 25;328(5986):1634; author reply 1634.
doi: 10.1126/science.1186345.

Comment on "30,000-year-old wild flax fibers"

C Bergfjord  1 , S Karg, A Rast-Eicher, M-L Nosch, U Mannering, R G Allaby, B M Murphy, B Holst
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Comment on "30,000-year-old wild flax fibers"

C Bergfjord et al. Science. .

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Kvavadze et al. (Brevia, 11 September 2009, p. 1359) identified fiber samples as 30,000-year-old flax based on a comparison with modern flax fibers analyzed by compound microscope and on the presence of dislocations/nodes in the fibers. We argue that this evidence is not sufficient to identify the fibers as flax.

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  • 30,000-year-old wild flax fibers.
    Kvavadze E, Bar-Yosef O, Belfer-Cohen A, Boaretto E, Jakeli N, Matskevich Z, Meshveliani T. Kvavadze E, et al. Science. 2009 Sep 11;325(5946):1359. doi: 10.1126/science.1175404. Science. 2009. PMID: 19745144

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