Subj : Re: Old News
To   : DIGIMAUS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sat Nov 29 2025 08:58:02

RM> I think the most accurate results they've gotten were on plants
RM> and animals that died in the far north and have been frozen and
RM> buried under the ice for the last XX,000 years..

DI>Carbon-14 dating is good for up to 60,000 years.  There are other dating
  >methods but they are expensive and hard to work with.

Yes, I'd read C-14 was good for up to 50,000 years.. and as you get
closer to that age, the range it might be off by gets higher, often
to plus or minus 4 or 5 thousand years.

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