“However, what he didn’t realize was that pollen is one of the most useful tools we have in the scientific exploration of the past, in part, because it can be dated through Carbon 14. When we find pollen in lake sediments and ice cores, we can use it to gauge how old the layered deposits are and what the ancient climate was like. “Darwin only looked at pollen from a biological standpoint; when we look at the big picture, we see it has another use he never anticipated.
