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		verisimi on Jan 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Carbon dating is getting a major reboot (2020) Well, if you say so! But its a bit open to interpretation I would say! Are there that many trees from 10,000 years ago even around, so we can read their rings?

ldng on Jan 16, 2022 | [–]

Yes, of course it is subject to interpretation, but it is not the only source of truth.

And no we don't have a vast quantity of 10,00 years trees but enough to be meaningful. We are not measuring in very precise years the further back we go.

industriousthou on Jan 16, 2022 | [–]

They’re in bogs and historic buildings.

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