New dating methods (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 16:25 (4302 days ago)
edited by unknown, Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 16:30

In this article on an ancient jaw new types of dating are mentioned.-"The new dating ... using three technologies (electron spin resonance, uranium series isotopic analysis and infrared luminescence dating) ... establishes the mandible as the easternmost European fossil of its age, sharing far more in common with African and Asian fossils than with contemporary examples from western Europe."- Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-02-human-fossil-eastern-europe-important.html#jCp-Works well on tooth enamel. Theoretically electron spin analysis can date any age within the age of the universe according to another reference.