Radiocarbon dating, also known as carbon-14 dating, is a method to determine the age of organic materials as old as 60,000 years. First developed in the 1940s at the University of Chicago by Willard ...

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Accurately dating ancient humans is key when mapping how people migrated during world history. The standard dating method since the 1950s has been radiocarbon dating. The method, which is based on the ...

WHEN CARBON dating was discovered in 1946, it revolutionised archaeology. An age could suddenly be put to unearthed remains of living things that had expired within the past 50,000 years. But changes ...

An Italian scientist is claiming a new technique using X-ray dating shows the Holy Shroud of Turin to be much older than some scientists have stated, and that it does in fact coincide with Christian ...

Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in the field of paleontology by developing a technique that uses uranium-infused dinosaur eggshells to accurately date ancient fossil sites. This ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...