Lightning was ruled out as the source of Abu Hureyra's melt glass because lightning produces magnetic imprints that were absent from the samples.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by peer-reviewed source study (Moore et al. 2020, Scientific Reports), university press release, and independent science journalism. [tier=gold indep_score=0.988 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- A Comet May Have Destroyed This Paleolithic Village ... (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7060197/ (corroboration)
- https://www.gi.alaska.edu/news/fire-and-ice-exploding-comet-may-have-destroyed-paleolithic-settlement (corroboration)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60867-w (corroboration)
- https://www.sci.news/archaeology/cometary-debris-abu-hureyra-settlement-08596.html (corroboration)