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They're obviously not using carbon dating. The ages are too big. IIRC The half life of carbon 14 is too short to distinguish samples that have been decaying fo
by Strilanc 9y ago
They're obviously not using carbon dating. The ages are too big.
IIRC The half life of carbon 14 is too short to distinguish samples that have been decaying for 50k years from background noise. You have to use other kinds of radiometric dating instead.