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Dovator [93]
3 years ago
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How do scientist use radioactive decay to date fossils and artifacts

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zhuklara [117]3 years ago
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Scientists use radioactive decay to date fossils and artifacts through a process called "carbon dating," which measures the amount of carbon still left in a dead object. The less carbon that exists, the longer that animal or plant as been dead. 
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