You might be wondering as to how people were able to determine the age of certain things. Materials can actually be studied and the age can be determined by a process called carbon dating.

This procedure have helped many people in great ways. From studying history as well as many other uses.

Accurate dating of archeological remains is a relatively recent science. Wooden objects up to 8,000 years old can be dated by examining the growth rings in the wood. By studying the rings of very old, but still living trees, they can be dated very accurately, so surviving wooden implements and utensils can be date exactly.

Radiocarbon dating takes us back much further. A radioactive form of carbon decays at a very slow rate, which can be measured exactly. By measuring the amount of carbon-12 and carbon-14 in a small piece of organic material, objects as old as 50,000 years ago can be dated.

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Burried objects are often dated by looking and dating, nearby objects buried at the same time.