Comment on "DNA from pre-clovis human coprolites in Oregon, North America"

Authors

Paul Goldberg, Boston universityFollow
Francesco Berna, Boston University
Richard I. M Macphail, University College London

RIS ID

104874

Publication Details

Goldberg, P., Berna, F. & Macphail, R. I. M. (2009). Comment on "DNA from pre-clovis human coprolites in Oregon, North America". Science, 325 (5937), 148-c.

Abstract

Gilbert et al. (Reports, 9 May 2008, p. 786) presented DNA analysis of coprolites recovered from an Oregon cave as evidence for a human presence in North America before the Clovis culture. Results of our micromorphological and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analyses of one of the reported coprolites are difficult to reconcile with the DNA results identifying the coprolite as human.