” In other words, what about the bone itself makes it old?

I’ve asked many people that question and the response is usually a short period of silence followed by the shrugging of the shoulders.

The theoretical limit for C-14 dating is 100,000 years using AMS, but for practical purposes it is 45,000 to 55,000 years.

If dinosaur bones are 65 million years old, there should not be one atom of C-14 left in them.

This restriction extends to animals that consume seafood in their diet.

Carbon dating is used to determine the age of biological artifacts up to 50,000 years old.

This technique is widely used on recent artifacts, but educators and students alike should note that this technique will not work on older fossils (like those of the dinosaurs alleged to be millions of years old).

You’ve seen them in the magazines, on television, in the museums and maybe you’ve even held one in your hands. A question that often arises is “How do scientists determine the age of a dinosaur bone?

” That’s what we’ll briefly explore in this month’s article. We know, for instance, that fire is hot, the moon orbits the Earth and chocolate ice cream is much better than plain vanilla.