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A human bone uncovered in a burial site in Majorca, Spain by a student working for the pollentia project with the chemesity and biology department was found to contain 5.55% of the amount of Carbon-14 found in a living being before the burial. Determine the age of the human remain.

A human bone uncovered in a burial site in Majorca, Spain by a student working for the pollentia project with the chemesity and biology department was found to contain 5.55% of the amount of Carbon-14 found in a living being before the burial. Determine the age of the human remain.

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A human bone uncovered in a burial site in Majorca, Spain by a student working for the pollentia project with the chemesity and biology department was found to contain 5.55% of the amount of Carbon-14 found in a living being before the burial. Determine the age of the human remain.
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