The accuracy of radiocarbon dating napervilledating
04-Dec-2019 06:51
Second, radiocarbon dating becomes more difficult, and less accurate, as the sample gets older.
The bodies of living things generally have concentrations of the isotope carbon-14, also known as radiocarbon, identical to concentrations in the atmosphere.
Likewise, different living things absorb or reject carbon-14 at different rates.
Nor can it tell if a much older spearhead was attached to a brand-new shaft.
Carbon dating is reliable within certain parameters but certainly not infallible.