carbon-14 dating
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Once the charcoal had been confirmed, researchers received exceptional authorization to remove extremely small samples for carbon-14 dating.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
According to Maussan, the National Autonomous University of Mexico performed carbon-14 dating on the purported bodies and determined them to be between 700 years and 1,800 years old.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2023
Not only are megafauna bones relatively rare there, but carbon-14 dating could only show that the animals had been gone at least 40,000 years.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022
These cross-references have confirmed the validity of carbon-14 dating and permitted us to calibrate the technique as well.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Preliminary carbon-14 dating indicates that it may have required about 1,100 years for these specimens to work their way up through the ice.”
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2012
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