Biblical Archaeology Review 37:1, January/February 2011

Strata: In History

February 27, 1940 A.D. American biochemists Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered the radioactive isotope carbon-14, which today forms the basis of the radiocarbon dating method in archaeology and other sciences.

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