carbon dating

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For instance, they may be able to better understand math concepts through studying NFL stats, Taylor Swift album sales, or Jurassic-era carbon dating.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2024

Forensic tests established the baby was full term at 40 weeks, but more tests are planned, including carbon dating to confirm the initial findings, police said.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024

By modeling this age-roughness relationship, with information from landslides dated by other means such as carbon dating, researchers can estimate when a particular landslide took place.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2023

After the chart was purchased, Clausen sent it to a lab in New York that took a scientific approach to dating, analyzing pigments and performing carbon dating on a small piece of the parchment.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Judging by carbon dating and the sequence of ceramics, they believe the site was inhabited in two waves, from about 360 b.c., when terra preta formation began, to as late as 1440 a.d.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann