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Explainer: What is radiometric dating?
12 May 2021

Explainer: What is radiometric dating?

by Jennifer Chalmers | posted in: Chemical Sciences, STEM In Action | 0
Dive headfirst into the weird world of dating by radioactive decay. This explainer article details the different methods that we use to date ancient living things, and the science we use to do that. It is best suited to Year … Continued
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