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Words of warning about radiocarbon dating medieval human bones
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nature.com
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45 points by
gumby
1 days ago
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4ndrewl 3 hours ago
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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.
bcraven 1 hours ago
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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'.
pvaldes 14 hours ago
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Yep. I suspected that that arctic shark couldn't be so old.
gus_massa 7 hours ago
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I think the age is calculated counting the "rings" in ... [looking at google] ... the vertebrae.
It is not purporting to show it as 'new'.