Comment on “Outburst flood at 1920 BCE supports historicity of China’s Great Flood and the Xia dynasty”
Abstract
Wu et al. (Reports, 5 August 2016, p. 579) reported geological and archaeological evidence about an earthquake-induced landslide dam outburst flood around 1920 BCE and claimed a support to the historicity of China’s legendary Great Flood and Xia dynasty. We argue that the physical evidence is unreliable and their arguments are unconvincing.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- March 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.aal1278
- Bibcode:
- 2017Sci...355Q1382W
- Keywords:
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- ANTHRO