Carbon-14 dating can determine the age of an artifact that is up to 40,000 years old.

What age can you date with carbon-14?

500 to 50,000 years old Can you filter your way through our chemistry quiz? The carbon-14 method was developed by the American physicist Willard F. Libby about 1946. It has proved to be a versatile technique of dating fossils and archaeological specimens from 500 to 50,000 years old.