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Thank you for pointing this out. I thought it was referring to the age of the samples taken before reading your comment. It made the abstract less disappointing
by 6D794163636F756 3y ago
Thank you for pointing this out. I thought it was referring to the age of the samples taken before reading your comment. It made the abstract less disappointing.
- marcosdumay 3y agoI only clicked on the article because I thought it was the age of the samples too.
- adolph 3y agoIf something has a negative age, does that mean it is from the future?
- stefncb 3y agoI can't tell if you're joking, but negative numbers are used to represent years BC.
- adolph 3y agoIt responds to the comment "I only clicked on the article because I thought it was the age of the samples too." Age is "The length of time that a person or thing has existed." AD and BC are both absolute values from a zero point, both positive ("1 BC is year 0, 45 BC is year −44" [0]). A relative chronological dating by some phenomenological method such as radiocarbon or thermolumenescence might establish a negative date relative to some other known benchmark [1]. How might something dated from the future be found? I'm not certain, but maybe it has to do with aliens that are all the rage nowadays. If I were 12 years old, I would have been born 12 years ago. 2023 - 12 ---- 2011 If I were -12 years old, I would be born 12 years from now. 2023 - -12 ---- 2035 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronological_dating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronological_dating
- stefncb 3y agoYeah, makes a lot of sense. Hadn't even thought about the difference between age and year when I wrote that. Thanks.