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Radiocarbon Dating

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How do we know the AGE of something? For example, if we want to know how old someone is, we will check the birth certificate to determine the age. But what about something like ancient Fossils? How do we know how old they are? ------------------- What is Radiocarbon Dating? Radiocarbon was predicted first before its discovery by an American Scientist Willard Libby in the mid-1940s in the University of Chicago when he was a Professor of Chemistry. For this discovery, Libby was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1960. The term Radiocarbon Dating can be broken down as follows: Radio means 'radioactive', Carbon means the elements of organic carbon contained in the fossil and  Dating means to 'date' the time of a fossil.  Every living thing has carbon inside them. It is a fundamental element of life. The sun will produce a mixture of chemical components Nitrogen-14 and neutrons that are then called CARBON-14 which has 6 protons and 8 neutrons. Plants have carb...
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Of Archaeology

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What is Archaeology? When you think of the word 'Archaeology', you must at some point, associate it with 'History'. Well, Archaeology is not the same; as History studies the time frame of past events.  According to Jennifer Freer Harris and Charlotte A. Smith  in their book  Early Georgia  states that Archaeology is the study of the materials remains by the human past.   Archaeology is also the scientific study of the physical evidence of past human societies recovered through excavations of historical sites. It is a study of facts based on evidence. This field of study allows us to learn about the humans of the past and their lives from before modernity. It is the single most powerful tool to know and understand humanity right on from the earliest of mankind to modern times. It is the discovery of past knowledge. According to Gabriel Moshenska in his book Key Concepts of Public Archaeology , he said that there are three reasons why people st...
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