carbon dating

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“I don’t do online dating. I do carbon dating.”

From New York Times

Scientists will conduct carbon dating tests to determine the whale bones' age.

From Fox News

Researchers use data from tree rings, sediment layers and other samples to calibrate the process of carbon dating.Credit:

From Nature

The team said carbon dating suggested it was likely to be Pictish, dating back as far as the third century AD.

From BBC

The police were then called to the location, as were archaeologists, who used carbon dating to confirm the bones are from between 635-685 A.D.

From Fox News