Deep inside a limestone hillside in France’s Dordogne valley, a bison painted in black pigment has stared out from a cave wall for more than 13,000 years. Now, for the first time, scientists have ...

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 ...

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 ...