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Carbon clock gets more accurate

Japanese lake records will yield an even better carbon clock, helping to pin a cause on the extinction of Neanderthals

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  1. Bronk Ramsey, C. et al. Science 338, 370-374 (2012).

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Callaway, E. Carbon clock gets more accurate. Nature (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2012.11622

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