{"id":1256,"date":"2026-05-08T13:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veritas-et-caritas.com\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2026-05-09T22:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:08:31","slug":"did-scientists-corrupt-this-wikipedia-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veritas-et-caritas.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/did-scientists-corrupt-this-wikipedia-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Did scientists corrupt this Wikipedia page?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alternate historian Dan Richards runs the Youtube channel DeDunking. In his video &#8220;Archaeologist John Hoopes Corrupts Wikipedia&#8221;, Dan claims Hoopes has selectively edited Wikipedia pages to make them biased. In particular, he claims Hoopes has corrupted the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis page. But did Hoopes really corrupt this Wikipedia page? I investigated Dan\u2019s claims, and found they were demonstrably false. There\u2019s a lot Dan doesn\u2019t tell you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLaIlT40doR9A4kopoi_I8Zrhgc1wFZe7P&amp;si=MjPEt20ctHjX5MIV\" title=\"\">this playlist<\/a> for other videos critiquing Dan. Note this is a video quoting Wikipedia articles, which are volatile online sources; the articles&#8217; content may be different to the quotations seen here by the time you view this video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Did scientists corrupt this Wikipedia page?\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LLr-1C5nMGw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Media credits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carter, Jamie. \u201cA Comet Exploded Above North America 12,800 Years Ago, Say Scientists.\u201d Forbes, 6 July 2024. https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/07\/06\/a-comet-exploded-above-north-america-12800-years-ago-say-scientists\/. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeDunking. \u201cArchaeologist John Hoopes Corrupts Wikipedia #archaeology #science #wikipedia.\u201d\u00a0<em>YouTube<\/em>, 12 July 2024.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0s-69GKqp-s\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0s-69GKqp-s<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">European Southern Observatory (ESO). Artist\u2019s Animation of a Comet, 2021. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eNIKGs3E4II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">olenchic. \u201cComet, Asteroid, Space. Free Stock Video.\u201d Pixabay, n.d. https:\/\/pixabay.com\/videos\/comet-asteroid-space-universe-208579\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">admin. \u201cHttps:\/\/Cosmictusk.Com\/John-Hoopes-University-of-Kansas-Trolls-Science\/.\u201d <em>The Cosmic Tusk<\/em>, 7 January 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/cosmictusk.com\/john-hoopes-university-of-kansas-trolls-science\/\">https:\/\/cosmictusk.com\/john-hoopes-university-of-kansas-trolls-science\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201c#PebbleGate.\u201d <em>The Cosmic Tusk<\/em>, 1 October 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/cosmictusk.com\/pebblegate\/\">https:\/\/cosmictusk.com\/pebblegate\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andronikov, Alexandre V., Irina E. Andronikova, Clayton W. Loehn, Barbara Lafuente, Jesse A. M. Ballenger, George T. Crawford, and Dante S. Lauretta. \u201cImplications from Chemical, Structural and Mineralogical Studies of Magnetic Microspherules from around the Lower Younger Dryas Boundary (New Mexico, Usa).\u201d <em>Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography<\/em> 98.1 (2016): 39\u201359. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/geoa.12122\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/geoa.12122<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boslough, Mark. \u201cApocalypse! Why Graham Hancock\u2019s Use of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis in His Netflix Series Ancient Apocalypse Is All Wet.\u201d <em>Skeptic Magazine<\/em>, 21 April 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/reading_room\/graham-hancocks-ancient-apocalypse-hypothesis-put-to-test\/\">https:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/reading_room\/graham-hancocks-ancient-apocalypse-hypothesis-put-to-test\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cComment on: Discovery of a Nanodiamond-Rich Layer in the Greenland Ice Sheet\u201d (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubpeer.com\/publications\/28B83ADB820618B3F374667D5FBB92\">https:\/\/pubpeer.com\/publications\/28B83ADB820618B3F374667D5FBB92<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cComment on: Evidence of Cosmic Impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria at the Younger Dryas Onset (~12.8 Ka): High-Temperature Melting at &gt;2200 \u00b0C\u201d (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubpeer.com\/publications\/CB9BF60F18A553088BEFB061164940\">https:\/\/pubpeer.com\/publications\/CB9BF60F18A553088BEFB061164940<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cComments on: Evidence for an Extraterrestrial Impact 12,900 Years Ago That Contributed to the Megafaunal Extinctions and the Younger Dryas Cooling\u201d (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubpeer.com\/publications\/9D7247C13B6A0ACA3E812D4DAECB0B\">https:\/\/pubpeer.com\/publications\/9D7247C13B6A0ACA3E812D4DAECB0B<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cSodom Meteor Strike Claims Should Be Taken with a Pillar of Salt.\u201d <em>Skeptical Inquirer<\/em> 46.1 (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/skepticalinquirer.org\/2021\/12\/sodom-meteor-strike-claims-should-be-taken-with-a-pillar-of-salt\/\">https:\/\/skepticalinquirer.org\/2021\/12\/sodom-meteor-strike-claims-should-be-taken-with-a-pillar-of-salt\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bressan, David. \u201cControversial Theory Claims Comet Impact Sparked Human Civilization.\u201d <em>Forbes<\/em>, 25 June 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidbressan\/2021\/06\/25\/controversial-theory-claims-comet-impact-sparked-human-civilisation\/\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidbressan\/2021\/06\/25\/controversial-theory-claims-comet-impact-sparked-human-civilisation\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cDid A Comet Wipe Out Ice Age Megafauna?\u201d <em>Forbes<\/em>, 24 April 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidbressan\/2017\/04\/24\/did-a-comet-wipe-out-the-ice-age-fauna\/\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidbressan\/2017\/04\/24\/did-a-comet-wipe-out-the-ice-age-fauna\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bunch, Ted E., Robert E. Hermes, Andrew MT Moore, Douglas J. Kennett, James C. Weaver, James H. Wittke, Paul S. DeCarli, James L. Bischoff, Gordon C. Hillman, et al. \u201cVery High-Temperature Impact Melt Products as Evidence for Cosmic Airbursts and Impacts 12,900 Years Ago.\u201d <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America<\/em> 109.28 (2012): E1903. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1204453109\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1204453109<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bunch, Ted E., Malcolm A. LeCompte, A. Victor Adedeji, James H. Wittke, T. David Burleigh, Robert E. Hermes, Charles Mooney, Dale Batchelor, Wendy S. Wolbach, et al. \u201cA Tunguska Sized Airburst Destroyed Tall El-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age City in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea.\u201d <em>Scientific Reports<\/em> 11 (2021): 18632. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-021-97778-3\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-021-97778-3<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carter, Jamie. \u201cA Comet Exploded Above North America 12,800 Years Ago, Say Scientists.\u201d <em>Forbes<\/em>, 6 July 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/07\/06\/a-comet-exploded-above-north-america-12800-years-ago-say-scientists\/\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/07\/06\/a-comet-exploded-above-north-america-12800-years-ago-say-scientists\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cA Lethal \u2018Cosmic Impact\u2019 Destroyed One Of The World\u2019s Earliest Human Settlements.\u201d <em>Forbes<\/em>, 10 March 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2020\/03\/10\/an-asteroid-or-comet-destroyed-one-of-the-worlds-earliest-human-settlements\/\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2020\/03\/10\/an-asteroid-or-comet-destroyed-one-of-the-worlds-earliest-human-settlements\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Culleton, Brendan J. \u201cCrude Demographic Proxy Reveals Nothing about Paleoindian Population.\u201d <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America<\/em> 105.50 (2008): E111. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.0809092106\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.0809092106<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dalton, Rex. \u201cBlast in the Past?\u201d <em>Nature<\/em> 447.7142 (2007): 256\u201357. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/447256a\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/447256a<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cComet Theory Comes Crashing to Earth.\u201d <em>Pacific Standard<\/em>, 14 June 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/psmag.com\/environment\/comet-claim-comes-crashing-to-earth-31180\">https:\/\/psmag.com\/environment\/comet-claim-comes-crashing-to-earth-31180<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeDunking. \u201cArchaeologist John Hoopes Corrupts Wikipedia #archaeology #science #wikipedia.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 12 July 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0s-69GKqp-s\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0s-69GKqp-s<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">European Southern Observatory (ESO). <em>Artist\u2019s Animation of a Comet<\/em>, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Firestone, R. B., A. West, J. P. Kennett, L. Becker, T. E. Bunch, Z. S. Revay, P. H. Schultz, T. Belgya, D. J. Kennett, et al. \u201cEvidence for an Extraterrestrial Impact 12,900 Years Ago That Contributed to the Megafaunal Extinctions and the Younger Dryas Cooling.\u201d <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Science<\/em> 104 (2007): 16016\u201321. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.0706977104\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.0706977104<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">george. \u201cComet Research Group Kicks off New Journal with Blockbuster Papers.\u201d <em>The Cosmic Tusk<\/em>, 3 October 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/cosmictusk.com\/airbursts-and-cratering-impacts\/\">https:\/\/cosmictusk.com\/airbursts-and-cratering-impacts\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Holliday, Vance T., Tyrone L. Daulton, Patrick J. Bartlein, Mark B. Boslough, Ryan P. Breslawski, Abigail E. Fisher, Ian A. Jorgeson, Andrew C. Scott, Christian Koeberl, et al. \u201cComprehensive Refutation of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH).\u201d <em>Earth-Science Reviews<\/em> 247 (2023): 104502. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.earscirev.2023.104502\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.earscirev.2023.104502<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoopes, John. \u201cFraudulent Archaeology Wall of Shame.\u201d <em>Facebook<\/em>, 22 November 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/149844915349213\/posts\/2370085799991769\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/149844915349213\/posts\/2370085799991769\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cFraudulent Archaeology Wall of Shame.\u201d <em>Facebook<\/em>, 5 December 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/149844915349213\/posts\/2379662282367454\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/149844915349213\/posts\/2379662282367454<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Incendiex90. \u201cWikipedia:Conflict of Interest\/Noticeboard\/Archive 193.\u201d <em>Wikipedia<\/em>, 19 November 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest\/Noticeboard\/Archive_193#c-Incendiex90-20221119155300-Shibbolethink-20221119153700\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest\/Noticeboard\/Archive_193#c-Incendiex90-20221119155300-Shibbolethink-20221119153700<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cWikipedia:Conflict of Interest\/Noticeboard\/Archive 193.\u201d <em>Wikipedia<\/em>, 19 November 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest\/Noticeboard\/Archive_193#c-Incendiex90-20221119162200-MrOllie-20221119161500\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest\/Noticeboard\/Archive_193#c-Incendiex90-20221119162200-MrOllie-20221119161500<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cWikipedia:Conflict of Interest\/Noticeboard\/Archive 193.\u201d <em>Wikipedia<\/em>, 19 November 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest\/Noticeboard\/Archive_193#c-Incendiex90-20221119161000-Shibbolethink-20221119155900\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest\/Noticeboard\/Archive_193#c-Incendiex90-20221119161000-Shibbolethink-20221119155900<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">irrelevantappelation. \u201cArchaeologist John Hoopes Corrupts Wikipedia.\u201d Reddit Post. <em>R\/AlternativeHistory<\/em>, 12 July 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AlternativeHistory\/comments\/1e17nme\/archaeologist_john_hoopes_corrupts_wikipedia\/\">www.reddit.com\/r\/AlternativeHistory\/comments\/1e17nme\/archaeologist_john_hoopes_corrupts_wikipedia\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jaret, Steven J., and R. Scott Harris. \u201cNo Mineralogic or Geochemical Evidence of Impact at Tall El-Hammam, a Middle Bronze Age City in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea.\u201d <em>Sci Rep<\/em> 12.1 (2022): 5189. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-022-08216-x\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-022-08216-x<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jorgeson, Ian A., Ryan P. Breslawski, and Abigail E. Fisher. \u201cComment on \u2018The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis: A Review of the Evidence\u2019, by Martin B. Sweatman (2021), Earth-Science Reviews 218, 103677.\u201d <em>Earth-Science Reviews<\/em> 225 (2022): 103892. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.earscirev.2021.103892\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.earscirev.2021.103892<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kennett, D. J., J. P. Kennett, A. West, C. Mercer, S. S. Que Hee, L. Bement, T. E. Bunch, M. Sellers, and W. S. Wolbach. \u201cNanodiamonds in the Younger Dryas Boundary Sediment Layer.\u201d <em>Science<\/em> 323.5910 (2009): 94\u201394. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.1162819\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.1162819<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kennett, James P., Douglas J. Kennett, Brendan J. Culleton, J. Emili Aura Tortosa, James L. Bischoff, Ted E. Bunch, I. Randolph Daniel, Jon M. Erlandson, David Ferraro, et al. \u201cBayesian Chronological Analyses Consistent with Synchronous Age of 12,835\u201312,735 Cal B.P. for Younger Dryas Boundary on Four Continents.\u201d <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em> 112.32 (2015): E4344\u201353. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1507146112\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1507146112<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kerr, Richard A. \u201cDid the Mammoth Slayer Leave a Diamond Calling Card?\u201d <em>Science<\/em> 323.5910 (2009): 26\u201326. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.323.5910.26\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.323.5910.26<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kincaid, Ellie. \u201cJournal Investigating Sodom Comet Paper for Data Problems.\u201d <em>Retraction Watch<\/em>, 21 February 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/retractionwatch.com\/2023\/02\/21\/journal-investigating-sodom-comet-paper-for-data-problems\/\">https:\/\/retractionwatch.com\/2023\/02\/21\/journal-investigating-sodom-comet-paper-for-data-problems\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kletetschka, Gunther, Daniel Vondr\u00e1k, Jolana Hruba, Vaclav Prochazka, Ladislav Nabelek, Helena Svitavsk\u00e1-Svobodov\u00e1, Premysl Bobek, Zuzana Horicka, Jaroslav Kadlec, et al. \u201cCosmic-Impact Event in Lake Sediments from Central Europe Postdates the Laacher See Eruption and Marks Onset of the Younger Dryas.\u201d <em>The Journal of Geology<\/em> 126.6 (2018): 561\u201375. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/699869\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/699869<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kurbatov, Andrei, Paul Mayewski, Jorgen Steffensen, Allen West, Douglas Kennett, James Kennett, Ted Bunch, Mike Handley, D. Introne, et al. \u201cDiscovery of a Nanodiamond-Rich Layer in the Greenland Ice Sheet.\u201d <em>Journal of Glaciology<\/em> 56 (2010): 747\u201357. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3189\/002214310794457191\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3189\/002214310794457191<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marcus, Adam. \u201cCriticism Engulfs Paper Claiming an Asteroid Destroyed Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah.\u201d <em>Retraction Watch<\/em>, 1 October 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/retractionwatch.com\/2021\/10\/01\/criticism-engulfs-paper-claiming-an-asteroid-destroyed-biblical-sodom-and-gomorrah\/\">https:\/\/retractionwatch.com\/2021\/10\/01\/criticism-engulfs-paper-claiming-an-asteroid-destroyed-biblical-sodom-and-gomorrah\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moore, Andrew M. T., James P. Kennett, William M. Napier, Ted E. Bunch, James C. Weaver, Malcolm LeCompte, A. Victor Adedeji, Paul Hackley, Gunther Kletetschka, et al. \u201cEvidence of Cosmic Impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria at the Younger Dryas Onset (~12.8 Ka): High-Temperature Melting at &gt;2200 \u00b0C.\u201d <em>Sci Rep<\/em> 10.1 (2020): 4185. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-020-60867-w\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-020-60867-w<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moore, Christopher R., Malcolm A. LeCompte, James P. Kennett, Mark J. Brooks, Richard B. Firestone, Andrew H. Ivester, Terry A. Ferguson, Chad S. Lane, Kimberly A. Duernberger, et al. \u201cPlatinum, Shock-Fractured Quartz, Microspherules, and Meltglass Widely Distributed in Eastern USA at the Younger Dryas Onset (12.8 Ka).\u201d <em>Airbursts and Cratering Impacts<\/em> 2 (2024): 20240003. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14293\/ACI.2024.0003\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14293\/ACI.2024.0003<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moore, Christopher R., Allen West, Malcolm A. LeCompte, Mark J. Brooks, Jr I Randolph Daniel, Albert C. Goodyear, Terry A. Ferguson, Andrew H. Ivester, James K. 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Moore.\u201d <em>American Journal of Archaeology<\/em>, 13 April 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajaonline.org\/author\/2135\">https:\/\/www.ajaonline.org\/author\/2135<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDan Richards The DeDunker (@DeDunkingPast) \/ X.\u201d <em>X (Formerly Twitter)<\/em>, 18 June 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dedunkingpast\">https:\/\/x.com\/dedunkingpast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDeDunking.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, n.d. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DeDunking\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DeDunking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJamie Carter.\u201d <em>Jamie Carter<\/em>, n.d. <a href=\"https:\/\/jamieacarter.com\/\">https:\/\/jamieacarter.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alternate historian Dan Richards runs the Youtube channel DeDunking. 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I investigated Dan\u2019s claims, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/veritas-et-caritas.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/did-scientists-corrupt-this-wikipedia-page\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Did scientists corrupt this Wikipedia page?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.7.2 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Did anthropologist John Hoopes corrupt this Wikipedia page? 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