Carbon dating, also known as radiocarbon dating, is a method used to determine the age of an organic material by measuring the amount of carbon-14 it contains. As living organisms absorb carbon from their environment, the ratio of carbon-14 to carbon-12 changes after death, allowing scientists to estimate the time since the organism's demise. This technique is particularly effective for dating materials up to about 50,000 years old.
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