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[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

I don't think that's how carbon dating works.
Unless it's gotten extremely accurate recently.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Three weeks ago Thursday, plus or minus a few hundred years.

Obviously I'm talking shit, but I was under the impression that the newer something is the less accurate carbon dating it would be.

[-] Gnugit@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He used the bomb pulse which is dated off carbon 14 from nuclear bomb tests in the 50s. It's written in the article.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Right, that's how they usually do it.
Idk apparently he could date to 15 years ago. I guess it's gotten much more accurate lately.

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