Explain the method of Carbon dating to determine fossil age?
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Radiocarbon dating involves determining the age of an ancient fossil or specimen by measuring its carbon-14 content. Carbon-14, or radiocarbon, is a naturally occurring radioactive isotope that forms when cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere strike nitrogen molecules, which then oxidize to become carbon dioxide.
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so carbon dating method is used to find out the the age of the the fossils found in the remote areas in which are very old and could be of plants are animals are human beings to understand this process first we need to understand the fact pet plants takes the carbon 14 which is radioactive in nature by the process of photosynthesis and when humans eats plants then they intake the carbon 14 so when a person dies the exchange of carbon 14 stops and the the concentration of the carbon 14 starts getting increase in the body so show to check the scientist measure the amount of carbon present in the body and use it to calculate the the age of of the body
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