radiocarbon dating

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To confirm this idea, the team used radiocarbon dating on this core and others collected near Cape Mendocino, where the two fault systems meet.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

Using radiocarbon dating along with genetic and protein testing, the team confirmed that the Late Bronze Age specimens are the oldest goat remains yet identified in Ireland.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

By applying modern radiocarbon dating and advanced microscopy techniques, they aim to uncover details that earlier researchers could not access.

From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2025

Originally excavated in 1981 from the grounds of St Giles' Cathedral, the remains have undergone new detailed analysis using advanced methods including ancient DNA sequencing, isotopic analysis and radiocarbon dating.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

Willard Libby was in the process of inventing radiocarbon dating, allowing scientists to get an accurate reading of the age of bones and other organic remains, something they had never been able to do before.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson