"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." - is pithy but only correct in very specific cases stigmatized by being used as the argument from ignorance, so I would avoid using it without showing it explicitly applies.
IIUC, In this case absence of evidence for earlier signs of behavioral modernity is probably *weak* evidence of absence.
Props for going far on tangents.
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." - is pithy but only correct in very specific cases stigmatized by being used as the argument from ignorance, so I would avoid using it without showing it explicitly applies.
IIUC, In this case absence of evidence for earlier signs of behavioral modernity is probably *weak* evidence of absence.
Sounds great!!! I want more. Crypto and Kevin Bacon?