Radiocarbon Dating

Q-90.1's Our Universe by Q-90.1's Our Universe

Feb 13, 202600:04:30Science & Medicine

How do we know the age of fossils? Today we’ll focus on how radiocarbon dating works and explore a couple other methods for figuring out how long something has been around. Support this podcast:

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