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高二人教新课标版选修八 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors The work on early people depends on the dates given to the bones that are found. If the dates are wrong, all the data about early people may also be wrong. So Zhou Heping is very interested to find out how archaeologists make sure that their dates are accurate. It uses radioactivity to measure the amount of _______ in living things. The _______ in a dead body __________ at a ______ rate. We know how long that takes, so we can measure the amount of _______ and _________ how old a bone is. ZH: How can you tell how old the bones are when you find them? someone threw their empty yogurt pots into it. Then some waste paper was added. Finally someone threw away some used envelopes. How many layers are there? ZH: There are four layers. RL: Good. Now which layer is the latest? ZH: Now, let me think! Yes, itll be the one on the top, which is the used envelopes. RL: And wheres the oldest layer? ZH: At the bottom. RL: Well done. When we find bones in layers of soil, we know they are the same age as the soil. ZH: I see. RL: Now lets think about the second method. ZH: I remember. Its called the radiocarbon dating method. Thats a strange name. RL: Yes. It uses the radioactivity to measure the amount of carbon in living things. The carbon in a dead are always given a date plus or minus some years. For example, your bone may be dated to 10,000 years ago plus or minus 100 years. This means the bone is between 9,900 years and 10,100 years old. ZH: How clever! How old are the bones from the Zhoukoudian Caves? RL: They are between 250,000 and 40,000 years old. ZH: Perhaps we can go and visit the site together sometime? RL: Of course. Whenever you like! THE FEAST: 18,000 BC 北 京 人 北京猿人的化石首次发现于1927年 1929年12月2日发现第一个完整的头盖骨 到1937年已发现的北京人的头盖骨共5个。 1941年12月太平洋战争爆发后,在几个美 国人手里弄得下落不明。 1966年又发现一个残破的头盖骨。 总共发现了属于40多个个体的北京人化 石。时间距今约