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Re:210k-year-old skull in Greece is earliest sign of modern ... by ergothus on Thursday July 11, 2019 @11:52AM (#20412483)
C14 dating loses precision dramatically past a certain age (~50k years, IIRC), because of the nature of half-lives. Since this is in the 200k range, C14 wouldn't be the go-to.
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