Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321908449
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-844-5

Combining Ideas from Chapters 4 to 6 - Page 209: CI.10a

Answer

About 5730 years ago.

Work Step by Step

Since half life of Carbon is 5730 years and samples have half carbon that is usually present in hairs, so we can conclude that the ice man lived 5730 years ago.
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