Words of warning about radiocarbon dating medieval human bones www.nature.com 23 points by gumby 22 hours ago
4ndrewl 51 minutes 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.
pvaldes 11 hours ago Yep. I suspected that that arctic shark couldn't be so old. gus_massa 4 hours ago I think the age is calculated counting the "rings" in ... [looking at google] ... the vertebrae.
gus_massa 4 hours ago I think the age is calculated counting the "rings" in ... [looking at google] ... the vertebrae.
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.
Yep. I suspected that that arctic shark couldn't be so old.
I think the age is calculated counting the "rings" in ... [looking at google] ... the vertebrae.