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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.
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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
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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
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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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