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Detailed explanation-1: -Archaeologists have long used carbon-14 dating (also known as radiocarbon dating) to estimate the age of certain objects. Traditional radiocarbon dating is applied to organic remains between 500 and 50, 000 years old and exploits the fact that trace amounts of radioactive carbon are found in the natural environment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Radiocarbon dating (usually referred to simply as carbon-14 dating) is a radiometric dating method. It uses the naturally occurring radioisotope carbon-14 (14C) to estimate the age of carbon-bearing materials up to about 58, 000 to 62, 000 years old.

Detailed explanation-3: -Over time, carbon-14 decays in predictable ways. And with the help of radiocarbon dating, researchers can use that decay as a kind of clock that allows them to peer into the past and determine absolute dates for everything from wood to food, pollen, poop, and even dead animals and humans.

Detailed explanation-4: -As long as there is organic material present, radiocarbon dating is a universal dating technique that can be applied anywhere in the world. It is good for dating for the last 50, 000 years to about 400 years ago and can create chronologies for areas that previously lacked calendars.