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It's impossible without having historical and physical data which scientists don't have. They can make an educated guess but it's not ever close. It's usually a wild guess just thrown out because it sounds smart and is a large number making the brain think it's logical.

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Can date objects up to a million years old?

Most programming languages, including JavaScript, have limitations on the range of dates they can handle, typically within a few million years. Past a certain range, inaccuracies and errors may occur due to limitations in how dates are stored and calculated. For dates up to a million years old, you may need to consider specialized date libraries or custom date handling solutions.


How long is the Stone Age?

The Stone Age lasted for over 3 million years, from about 2.5 million years ago up until around 3,000 BCE when the Bronze Age began. It is divided into three main periods: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.


Radiocarbon dating is only accurate for objects no more than?

Radiocarbon dating is only accurate for objects up to about 50,000 years old, as the amount of carbon-14 left in the sample becomes too small to measure accurately beyond that point. Beyond this age limit, other dating methods such as potassium-argon dating or luminescence dating may be used to determine the age of older objects.


What do you call a person who studies objects dug up from the ground?

There are several possibilities:ArchaeologistForensic ArchaeologistAnthrologistGeologistMining EngineerThere may be others as well.


What is the accuracy of dating a 500 year old seed and a 1000000 year old bone with carbon 14 dating?

Only the seed could be effectively dated using C14. The bone, at one million years old, is far outside the range for which carbon dating is effective. Once the Carbon 14 within a sample has decayed significantly it becomes impossible to measure the remaining amount and establish an age. Currently, using modern methods we can date items using carbon dating up to around 60,000 years before present. The seed, superficially would be a good candidate for carbon dating, however because of it's age and the process of calibrating radiocarbon dates into calender years there would be quite a large range of dates. If you were to test the seed (assuming is was 500years old) a calibrated age would likely be something like 590-400 years before present with a 95% chance of the age falling within that range, or 430-550 years before present with a 68% chance of the age falling within that range. It is impossible to give a perfect answer to this question without actually having a sample and testing it. Quite often it is possible to be more specific than this, and you typically find dates given within a few decades, although there are variations. When results from a sample come back from a laboratory you may be given several date ranges, each with an associated probability. It is up to the researcher which they feel is accurate enough to include in publication or interpretation.

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Can date objects up to a million years old?

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How have scientists reached their prediction of about a million years?

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What supercontinent apparently broke up about 200 million years ago?

40 million years ago


How do you carbon date rocks 10 million years old?

You cannot. Carbon dating is not useful for dating things more than about 50,000 years old. You would have to use a different radioisotope to date something 10 million years old. Potassium-Argon dating would work for some rocks.


What is the name of the super continent that broke up about 225 million years ago?

The supercontinent that broke up about 225 million years ago is called Pangaea.


What year was it 80 million years ago?

There was no years 85 million years ago. Man made up the idea of years, dates, or time. The dinosaur existed 65 million years ago.


How many years take up five million minutes?

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What year was it 85 years ago?

There was no years 85 million years ago. Man made up the idea of years, dates, or time. The dinosaur existed 65 million years ago.


When is the sun going to blow up?

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Not in a million years.