Refined radiocarbon dating provides clearer timeline of human activity along Cantabrian coast 18,000 years ago

A new study refines radiocarbon dating of marine remains and significantly improves the precision with which the human past ...
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Radiocarbon dating finds Ukraine’s mammoth bone shelters were used 18,000 years ago

Life on the windswept plains of what is now central Ukraine offered little mercy around 18,000 years ago. Trees were scarce. Winters could bite for months. Yet people still returned to certain places ...
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How an Analy grad helped nuke the world, and date the pasteducation

Early life and education Willard Libby is one of the most influential radioactivity scientists of the last 100 years. He ...
Live Science

28,000-year-old Neanderthal-and-human 'Lapedo child' lived tens of thousands of years after our closest relatives went extinct

Researchers used a novel method of radiocarbon dating to figure out the age of the Lapedo child, who had both Neanderthal and human traits. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
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The most extreme solar storm hit Earth in 12350 BC, scientists identify

New research uncovers the strongest solar event ever detected — rewriting our understanding of space weather and radiocarbon dating. An international team of scientists has discovered an extreme spike ...