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Radiocarbon dating of samples, maybe?

• 323 5y ago
  Radiocarbon dating only works for dead stuff: > When the animal or plant dies, it stops exchanging carbon with its environment, and thereafter the amount of 14C it contains begins to decrease as the 14C undergoes radioactive decay. Measuring the amount of 14C in a sample from a dead plant or animal, such as a piece of wood or a fragment of bone, provides information that can be used to calculate when the animal or plant died.
  • 9dev 5y ago
    Ah, that makes sense. Thank you.