Physics 01
How Does Carbon Dating Work, and How Far Back Can It Go?
Carbon-14 halves every few thousand years, so what is left in a bone or seed gives its age. The maths, the half-life puzzle and the 50,000 year limit.
Carbon-14 halves every few thousand years, so what is left in a bone or seed gives its age. The maths, the half-life puzzle and the 50,000 year limit.