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Knowing that I know nothing, makes me smarter than most people.
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Grima explained that the primary tool in establishing Malta's prehistoric chronology had been radiocarbon-dating (based on the rate of decay of C-14 stored in all formerly living matter). My views about C-14 are on the record. I think it should be only one amongst several tools and techniques brought to bear on the dating of megalithic or rock-hewn sites. It is a truism, but worth repeating nevertheless, that C-14 cannot date stone -- only such organic materials as are found around or in associa
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― Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
― Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
