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Strontium isotopes have been used to identify the sources of timber in buildings around one thousand years old. The method can now help to solve a range of other problems.

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Diamond, J. Tree trail to Chaco Canyon. Nature 413, 687–689 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35099649

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