[SunkenCiv]

How does the Geographic Population Structure (GPS) work?

[lee martell]

So it’s a ‘Dating Service’, right? (sarcasm!)

[pepsi_junkie]

New Technique Provides Accurate Dating of Ancient Skeletons

Well it's new but how can they know it's accurate?

[Oratam]

"Sign me up!"

[a fool in paradise]

Bill Clinton is dating ancient skeletons again?

[Nifster]

Oh noes that can’t be right. All sorts of folks have tried to convince me that carbon dating was really valid and accurate

Maybe this technique will be better

[relictele]

At least we won’t have to rely on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s driver’s license.

[CaptainPhilFan]

That’ll come in handy around here.

Lots of FReeper guys adore their chicks on the anorexic side.

[VaeVictis]

Oh, well this is cool. I never have really liked radiocarbon dating. Too many assumptions and too little that could be used as verification. Even the article states:

However, the radiocarbon techniques*, that are commonly used to date and analyse DNA from ancient skeletons can be inaccurate and not always possible to apply...... Radiocarbon technology requires certain levels of radiocarbon on the skeleton, and this is not always available. In addition, it is a delicate procedure that can yield very different dates if done incorrectly.

Too bad they are balancing this new study out using radiocarbon dated samples. If your equation has (2+2=500), then all other work based on that will also be wrong.

[Red Badger]

I dated a skeleton once.

her name was Boney..............................