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by neotrinity 4417 days ago
would have been nice if they added a radiocarbon dating of the artefacts too
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Is radiocarbon appropriate for things less than hundreds of thousands of years old?
Just looked it up again to verify my memory. Most sources I can find indicate that it's really only useful for up to 40-50k years back. Beyond that, the amount of carbon-14 is too low to get a good measurement. You'd need to use other (non-carbon) isotope ratios to get ages further back in time.

http://geology.cr.usgs.gov/capabilities/gronemtrac/geochron/...

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http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology...