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How Do Paleontologists Acurately Date Prehistoric Fossils? The Clues Hide in Surrounding Rocks.

When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the piece of history? It’s not as simple as you may think. You may have heard of the widely-used carbon dating ...
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Laser spectroscopy improves bomb-peak dating

A project at China's Zhejiang Normal University (ZJNU) has applied laser spectroscopy to bomb-peak dating, potentially assisting a number of carbon-dating and forensic applications. Bomb-peak dating ...