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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.

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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.