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Arguements Over a Critical Point

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03-04-2007 12:18 AM 		Reply to: Message 8 by Always Curious
03-03-2007 11:29 PM

Always Curious writes:
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Scientist took the carcass of an animal that they knew had been dead for about a month but when they used the dating techniques the result said the carcass was hundreds of years old.
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Hint: what's the difference between an animal that's been dead "about a month" and an animal that's still alive? How much carbon-14 would you expect to break down in "about a month"?
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