Dating Method

Who wore this pendant 20,000 years ago? DNA can now tell us

History & Culture
Who wore this pendant 20,000 years ago? DNA can now tell us
Who wore this pendant 20,000 years ago? DNA can now tell us

3,200-year-old trees reveal the collapse of an ancient empire

History & Culture
3,200-year-old trees reveal the collapse of an ancient empire
3,200-year-old trees reveal the collapse of an ancient empire

Everest’s highest glacier has lost 2,000 years of ice in 30 years

  • Environment
  • Perpetual Planet
Everest’s highest glacier has lost 2,000 years of ice in 30 years
Everest’s highest glacier has lost 2,000 years of ice in 30 years

Ancient solar storm pinpoints Viking settlement in Americas

History & Culture
Ancient solar storm pinpoints Viking settlement in Americas
Ancient solar storm pinpoints Viking settlement in Americas

Whale sharks may live up to a century, Cold War bomb dating reveals

Animals
Whale sharks may live up to a century, Cold War bomb dating reveals
Whale sharks may live up to a century, Cold War bomb dating reveals

Ancient cave art may depict the world's oldest hunting scene

Science
Ancient cave art may depict the world's oldest hunting scene
Ancient cave art may depict the world's oldest hunting scene

Saber-tooth surprise: Fossils redraw picture of the fearsome big cat

Science
Saber-tooth surprise: Fossils redraw picture of the fearsome big cat
Saber-tooth surprise: Fossils redraw picture of the fearsome big cat

Where you grew up, what you ate—your bones record your life

Culture
Where you grew up, what you ate—your bones record your life
Where you grew up, what you ate—your bones record your life

Radiocarbon helps date ancient objects—but it's not perfect

Culture
Radiocarbon helps date ancient objects—but it's not perfect
Radiocarbon helps date ancient objects—but it's not perfect

How are tree rings used to help date an archaeological site?

Culture
How are tree rings used to help date an archaeological site?
How are tree rings used to help date an archaeological site?

How archaeologists determine the date of ancient sites and artifacts

Culture
How archaeologists determine the date of ancient sites and artifacts
How archaeologists determine the date of ancient sites and artifacts

Inside the cloak-and-dagger search for sacred texts

Magazine
Inside the cloak-and-dagger search for sacred texts
Inside the cloak-and-dagger search for sacred texts

Ancient Native American King's House Rediscovered in Florida

Ancient Native American King's House Rediscovered in Florida
Ancient Native American King's House Rediscovered in Florida

Oldest European Tree Found—And It's Having a Growth Spurt

Oldest European Tree Found—And It's Having a Growth Spurt
Oldest European Tree Found—And It's Having a Growth Spurt

What Ancient African Huts Reveal About Earth's Magnetic Flips

One Strange Rock
What Ancient African Huts Reveal About Earth's Magnetic Flips
What Ancient African Huts Reveal About Earth's Magnetic Flips
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