How old are these bones? This standard question in archaeology can be answered quite precisely in many cases with the help of the carbon isotope 14 C. But there are exceptions. Certain living habits, ...

From unmasking art forgery to uncovering the secrets of the Notre-Dame cathedral, an imposing machine outside Paris can turn back the clock to reveal the truth. It uses a technique called carbon ...

A few weeks ago some friends called to chat. They were on their way to see Mount Rushmore in South Dakota and were wondering about a place nearby that we ...

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A new analysis has precisely dated paintings in France’s Font-de-Gaume cave for the first time. Scientists discovered charcoal inside black pigments once thought to contain only minerals, allowing ...

A new study refines radiocarbon dating of marine remains and significantly improves the precision with which the human past of the Magdalenian period in the Cantabrian region of Spain can be ...

Radiocarbon dating remains the cornerstone of chronological frameworks in archaeology, exploiting the decay of carbon-14 in organic remains to establish absolute ages. Since its inception in the ...

Kyrenia Ship Hull during underwater excavation north of Cyprus in the later 1960s.Credit: Image provided to authors by Kyrenia Ship Excavation team for use with this paper, CC-BY 4.0 Dating can be ...