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Professor Gerry McCormac and Dr Paula Reimer pictured in the 14 Chrono Centre at Queen's
University Belfast. Staff at the Centre have been involved in the creation of a new calibration curve,
which extends back 50,000 years. (Credit: Queen's University Belfast)
New Technology For Dating Ancient Rock Paintings (Mar. 16, 2009) — A new dating
method finally is allowing archaeologists to incorporate rock paintings -- some of the most mysterious
and personalized remnants of ancient cultures -- into the tapestry of evidence used ... > read more
When Did Humans Return After Last Ice Age? (Aug. 12, 2009) — The Cheddar Gorge in
Somerset was one of the first sites to be inhabited by humans when they returned to Britain near the
end of the last Ice Age. According to new radio carbon dating humans were ... > read more
Modern Humans Or Neandertals? New Evidence Sheds Light On Cave Fossils' Age
(May 20, 2005) — The human fossil evidence from the Mladeč Caves in Moravia, Czech Republic,
excavated more than 100 years ago, has been proven for the first time, through modern radiocarbon
dating, to be the ... > read more
Redating Of The Latest Neandertals In Europe (Jan. 6, 2006) — Two Neantertal fossils excavated
from Vindija Cave in Croatia in 1998, believed to be the last surviving Neandertals, may be 3,000-
4,000 years older than originally ... > read more
Fire And Water Reveal New Archaeological Dating Method (May 25, 2009) —
Scientists have developed a new way of dating archaeological objects -- using fire and water to unlock
their "internal ... > read more
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