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Old 12-23-2007, 11:34 AM   #2
monster
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Originally Posted by tulzscha View Post
Hmm, but you have to find the right bit to cut off. If you get the wrong bit, it'll tell you it was born yesterday =]

Really? I make new cells every day, but my body looks distinctly 37 all over. Minimum. Wouldn't the movement of the sap ensure a similar effect? can you only carbondate the very center of a tree to get the true age? 'Cause if so, we'll never know, even when it's very, very dead.

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