In 2016, a study based on 28 Greenland sharks determined by radiocarbon dating of crystals within the lens of their eyes, that the oldest of the animals that they sampled had lived for 392±120 years and was consequently born between 1504 and 1744

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Studies based on 28 Greenland sharks determined by radiocarbon dating of crystals within the lens of their eyes, that the oldest of the animals that they sampled had lived for 392±120 years and was consequently born between 1504 and 1744.

How do we know how many years ago Ramses II died? Like 3236 years ago exactly?

From carbon-14 dating. And if this method works, why can't we determine the age of stones? What is C14 radiocarbon dating, and why don't we use it on rocks?

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Ötzi, an ancient mummified human body that was found by a German tourist, Helmut Simon, on the Similaun Glacier in the Tirolean Ötztal Alps, on the Italian-Austrian border, on September 19, 1991.  Radiocarbon-dated to 3300 BC, the body is that of a man aged 25 to 35 who had been…

A 392 year old Greenland shark. Their slow growth rate (1 cm per year) is believed to be one reason for their extreme longevity.
Greenland sharks are aged using a method that involves radiocarbon dating of the cells in their eye lens!

Climate change may be destroying world's oldest known mummies, from hunter-gatherer people called Chinchorro living along coast of Chile and Peru. Radiocarbon dating as far back as 5050 BC, makes them world’s oldest man-made mummies.

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David Reich says genetics will have more of an impact on archaeology than radiocarbon dating, akin to the light microscope in revolutionary power. Some responses call it 'irritating' and 'molecular chauvinism'.

Varna Treasure; from Grave 36 in the Varna I cemetery, a prehistoric necropolis discovered in 1972 within the modern city of Varna, Bulgaria, near the Black Sea coast.

Radiocarbon dates from the cemetery group at 4750-4550 BC.

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This large 'pendant burial' (on the left) was one of the targets of excavation in #Khaybar . We managed to find some human remains inside, which we will radiocarbon date in a month or two. What date the remains come back as? Our evidence suggests this tomb is from 2500-2000 BCE!

Endemic to the Namib desert, Welwitschia mirabilis is a plant that can live up to 1,000 years.

Some individuals may be more than 2,000 years old.

As the species does not produce yearly rings, plant age is determined by radiocarbon dating.

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Bones of unknown animals millions of years old were found in Yakutia, Russia

In the Churapchinsky District, scientists have discovered a site of ancient humans dating back at least 30,000 years. During the excavations, bones of unknown animals were found.

Radiocarbon dating of…

Miyake events are cosmic storms that have struck our planet over the past few thousand years.

They are characterized by a sharp increase in radiocarbon levels, leading to spikes in carbon 14 production and this is the scientists could identify and date…

NEW Greek colonisation of the Mediterranean and the development of the Greek alphabet took place earlier than previously thought, radiocarbon dates from the Geometric period site of Zagora on the island of Andros find.

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Ancient Egyptians were proven to be black 50 years ago

Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop spearheaded the development of radiocarbon dating of Egyptian mummies which provided empirical evidence supporting his claims of the African ethnicity of ancient Egyptians.

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Calibrated radiocarbon dates place a saddle, found in a human and horse burial at the cave of Urd Ulaan Uneet in western Mongolia, between AD 267–535, making it the oldest example of a true frame saddle from East Asia.

'Bilateral straps attached to this saddle midway through…

Were yall aware that David H. Koch & the Edgar Cayce (Egypt-obsessed American clairvoyant) Foundation jointly funded the radiocarbon dating of the Great Pyramid of Giza & other Old & Middle Kingdom monuments in the 1990s?

Theopetra Cave, an archaeological site located in Meteora, in the central Greek region of Thessaly, Greece.

Radiocarbon evidence shows for human presence at least 50,000 years ago. Excavations began in 1987, under the direction of Ν. Kyparissi-Apostolika, which were meant to…

The Greenland shark is a species of shark that can live for over 400 years, making it one of the longest-living vertebrates on Earth .

Scientists used radiocarbon dating to unlock this secret, revealing one female to be a staggering 400 years old! Growing a mere 1 cm per year,…

📢 First, first author publication now out! #Bluecarbon additionality: New insights from the #radiocarbon content of #saltmarsh soils and their respired CO2.

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A 392 year old Greenland Shark in the Arctic Ocean, wandering the ocean since 1627
- Scientists have discovered a 392-year-old Greenland shark in the Arctic Ocean, estimated to have been swimming the depths since 1627
- The age of the shark was determined using radiocarbon…