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  • archimedes237 50 minutes

    Defiling the dead bodies of monks...

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  • 4ndrewl 4 hours

    I thought this was a well known effect - it's certainly filtered down to some paperback popsci archaeology books I've read in the past few years.

    Legend2440 25 minutes

    I remember reading about it as a kid, in 1990s creationist books that were attempting to argue that carbon dating couldn't be trusted and the world was actually only 6,000 years old.

    bcraven 2 hours

    This appears to be a comment, highlighting a case study that demonstrates the effect in detail.

    It is not purporting to show it as 'new'.

  • pvaldes 15 hours

    Yep. I suspected that that arctic shark couldn't be so old.

    gus_massa 8 hours

    I think the age is calculated counting the "rings" in ... [looking at google] ... the vertebrae.