If You Performed A $\delta$ ¹³C Isotope Analysis on an Unknown Geological Sample and an Unknown

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Essay

If you performed a $\delta$ ¹³C isotope analysis on an unknown geological sample and determined a negative $\delta$ ¹³C % value, would you conclude that life had existed or not in that sample and why?

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Short Run

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