Dedicated at the University of Chicago on October 10, 2016. In 1946, Willard Libby proposed an innovative method for dating organic materials by measuring their content of carbon-14, a newly ...

The 2009 discovery of footprints (human and animal) left behind in layers of clay and silt at New Mexico’s White Sands National Park sparked a contentious debate about when, exactly, human cultures ...

When a researcher picks up an object — whether it’s a scrap of leather from a dig site, a fossil from a museum drawer or a newly fallen meteorite — their first question might be, “What is this thing?” ...

Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientists improved the technique for assessing the age of historical objects. Radiocarbon dating is set to ...

This practical guide breaks down the standard radiocarbon dating equation used to calculate age from the percentage of carbon-14 remaining in a sample. It explains what each part of the formula ...