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▲Words of warning about radiocarbon dating medieval human bones (nature.com)
4ndrewl 4 hours ago [-]
I thought this was a well known effect - it's certainly filtered down to some paperback popsci archaeology books I've read in the past few years.
Legend2440 13 minutes ago [-]
I remember reading about it as a kid, in 1990s creationist books that were attempting to argue that carbon dating couldn't be trusted and the world was actually only 6,000 years old.
bcraven 2 hours ago [-]
This appears to be a comment, highlighting a case study that demonstrates the effect in detail.

It is not purporting to show it as 'new'.

33 minutes ago [-]
pvaldes 15 hours ago [-]
Yep. I suspected that that arctic shark couldn't be so old.
gus_massa 8 hours ago [-]
I think the age is calculated counting the "rings" in ... [looking at google] ... the vertebrae.
archimedes237 38 minutes ago [-]
Defiling the dead bodies of monks...
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