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Which of the following items can be carbon dated?

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Animal skeleton
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Silver coin
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Iron sword
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Copper Plate
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Solution

The correct option is A Animal skeleton
Carbon dating is a method used to find the age of any given item by checking for the presence of Carbon-14 atoms. Only organic items can be carbon dated. Organic items are those that contain carbon atoms.

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