# The heterogeneity reflects ordinary laboratory and pretreatment differences and does not change the medieval…

> Most likely: The heterogeneity reflects ordinary laboratory and pretreatment differences and does not change the medieval range.

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# The heterogeneity reflects ordinary laboratory and pretreatment differences and does not change the medieval…

The heterogeneity reflects ordinary laboratory and pretreatment differences and does not change the medieval range.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A model with laboratory offsets fits the data and leaves the range within the medieval period.

## What would rule it out

- A contamination model that fits better and shifts the date out of the medieval range.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[None of the reanalyses proposes an alternative date.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2SJR5V4G/none-of-the-reanalyses-proposes-an-alternative-date)

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## The questions it answers

[Is the heterogeneity in the 1988 raw data a sign of a wrong date?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/questions/QST0CWY2HRR1NRJ/is-the-heterogeneity-in-the-1988-raw-data-a-sign-of-a-wrong)

Part of [When was the linen of the Shroud made?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/questions/QST0CWY2H1A0BGE/when-was-the-linen-of-the-shroud-made)

Most likelyThe heterogeneity reflects ordinary laboratory and pretreatment differences and does not change the medieval…

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The heterogeneity reflects ordinary laboratory and pretreatment differences and does not change the medieval… [Answer ANS0CWY2SAY33HM]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CWY2SAY33HM
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