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24-Nov-2017 10:15
Radiometric dating is rooted in the rates of radioactive decay of various isotopes, which rates have been measured carefully in numerous laboratories beginning in the early 20th century.Radioactive decay is in turn a very basic physical phenomenon, well understood as a consequence of quantum mechanics.
But radiometric methods are also used heavily in day-to-day research in paleontology and evolutionary biology, in order to test certain hypotheses.
A related article on the age of the earth and geologic ages presented the current best known values for these dates: Ages.