[HN Gopher] Ancient chalk sculpture is 'most important prehistor...
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       Ancient chalk sculpture is 'most important prehistoric art'
        
       Author : diodorus
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2022-02-13 00:33 UTC (22 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.bbc.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.bbc.com)
        
       | robotresearcher wrote:
       | Scope of claim mangled by headline:
       | 
       | > The museum said it was "one of the most significant" ancient
       | discoveries in the UK.
        
         | mhh__ wrote:
         | "This is a truly remarkable discovery, and is the most
         | important piece of prehistoric art to be found in Britain in
         | the last 100 years. ..."
         | 
         | From the article
        
           | aksss wrote:
           | I think GP is calling out the sweeping characterization of
           | the headline posted here.
           | 
           | Your full quote provides the important context included in
           | the original statement, "most important... _to be found in
           | Britain_ ".
           | 
           | Is it more important than the 30,000+ yo mammoth carving
           | recently found in Swabia? Debatable, but the article never
           | claimed it was contending for such a designation.
        
           | ceh123 wrote:
           | "Found in Britain in the last 100 years" is quite the
           | qualifier to drop completely in this context.
        
       | [deleted]
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2022-02-13 23:01 UTC)