Comments on: Newly Discovered Archaeological Sites In India Reveals Ancient Life Before Toba

By: erica

erica — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:34:32 +0000

Pompeii-like doesn’t necessarily mean there will be body casts at the site. Pompeii-like would refer to the nature of the site being preserved under layers of ash, like the Ceren site in El Salvador which is nicknamed “the Pompeii of the New World” (no human remains have been found at Ceren).

By: Kambiz Kamrani

Kambiz Kamrani — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:06:25 +0000

Thanks for sleuthing that out, Luis. Much appreciated!

By: Luis

Luis — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:25:31 +0000

It seems to be taken word by word from this Oxford University press release, which in turn leads to this general page for Petraglia's team's project. So it seems serious stuff.