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Which measurement do geologists use to find the absolute age of once-living things?

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Radiocarbon dating

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Radiocarbon dating measures radioactive isotopes in once-living organic material instead of rock, using the decay of carbon-14 to nitrogen-14. Because of the fairly fast decay rate of carbon-14, it can only be used on material up to about 60,000 years old.

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