Question 13 • Physical Science
Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5,730 years, meaning half of the C-14 in a sample decays in that time. Radiocarbon dating assumes the decay rate is constant, and organisms stop taking in carbon after they die. It is generally useful for dating remains up to about 50,000 years old, so the 100,000-year claim is not correct.
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