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Can scientists use radiocarbon dating to find the age of a very tall, old redwood tree living in an old growth forest? Explain your answer.
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bobpursley
If it is still living, then it is still growning. Where would you get tissue which was produced eons ago? Only long dead things can be radioactive dated.
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