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Why do you think it is difficult to use carbon-14 to determine the age of extremely old objects (over 50,000 years)?

Why do you think it is difficult to use carbon-14 to determine the age of extremely old objects (over 50,000 years)?
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why do you think it is difficult to use carbon-14 to determine the age of extremely old objects (over 50,000 years)?

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carbon-14 has a relatively small half life of 5,730 years
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