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To: Vaquero
I believe they use Radiocarbon dating.
Radioisotope dating, but probably not carbon.
8 posted on 07/10/2020 5:59:23 AM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: Hiddigeigei

Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.


10 posted on 07/10/2020 6:28:15 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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