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What type of materials would scientists date with the carbon-14 method?

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Organic materials! For the most part, organic refers to containing carbon in chemistry. If there is no carbon, or cannot be carbon dated, but there are a few other methods today.
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Organic materials less than "50,000 years" old are the type of materials that scientists would date with the carbon-14 method.
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