radiocarbon dating

noun

radiocarbon-date transitive verb

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In 1996, radiocarbon dating techniques revealed that the human thumb bone was around 31,000 years old, but the same method suggested the boomerang was just 18,000 years old. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025 Researchers also integrated radiocarbon dating methods — and found that most of the scrolls were at least a generation older than previously thought. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025 Determining the age of Dead Sea Scrolls Earlier estimates of the manuscripts’ age came from radiocarbon dating conducted in the 1990s. Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 7 June 2025 Scholars have long relied on radiocarbon dating and palaeography (the study of ancient handwriting) to date the Dead Sea Scrolls. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for radiocarbon dating

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First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of radiocarbon dating was in 1950

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“Radiocarbon dating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radiocarbon%20dating. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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