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'''Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, AMS''' is a technique for [[radiocarbon dating]] of samples that can be as small as a single cereal grain or less than 1mg; i.e. far tinier than those needed for standard radiocarbon dating.<ref name="Infovek">{{cite web |title= 5. Metódy datovania kostrových pozostatkov (Methods of dating the skeleton remains) |publisher=Infovek |url=http://www.infovek.sk/predmety/biologia/skripta/evolucia/5_kap.php |accessdate=19 September 2015 |language=Slovak }}</ref> It counts the atoms themselves, and can detect one <sup>14</sup>C in more than 1016 atoms.<ref name="RefutingEvo">{{cite book |title=The Greatest Hoax on Earth? |author=Jonathan Sarfati |chapter =11 |pages=191 |isbn=978-1921-643064 |url=http://creation.com/how-old-is-the-earth}}</ref> AMS can be conveniently used for dating of precious [[paleontology|paleontological]] or [[archeology|archeological]] material.
AMS technique has been used to refute arguments that [[Homo sapiens|H. sapiens]] had appeared in the [[New World]] earlier than 50 000 or 100 000 years ago. It turned out that the seemingly very old skeletons have only a few thousand years.
The radiocarbon method was also used in paleoprimatology for dating extinct species of [[lemur]] in [[Madagascar]]. It has shown up that their age is only in the range of 1000-3000 years. Thus, they became extinct only recently - probably during the time of the colonization of Madagascar by humans.<ref name="Infovek"/>
== References ==
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[[Category: Chronology]]
[[Category: Earth Sciences]]
AMS technique has been used to refute arguments that [[Homo sapiens|H. sapiens]] had appeared in the [[New World]] earlier than 50 000 or 100 000 years ago. It turned out that the seemingly very old skeletons have only a few thousand years.
The radiocarbon method was also used in paleoprimatology for dating extinct species of [[lemur]] in [[Madagascar]]. It has shown up that their age is only in the range of 1000-3000 years. Thus, they became extinct only recently - probably during the time of the colonization of Madagascar by humans.<ref name="Infovek"/>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category: Chronology]]
[[Category: Earth Sciences]]