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<p><b>Before Present</b> (<b>BP</b>) or "<b>years before present</b> (<b>YBP</b>)" is a <a href="page.php?w=geologic_time_scale">time scale</a> used mainly in <a href="page.php?w=archaeology">archaeology</a>, geology, and other scientific disciplines to specify when events occurred relative to the origin of practical <a href="page.php?w=radiocarbon_dating">radiocarbon dating</a> in the 1950s. Because the "present" time changes, standard practice is to use 1January 1950 as the commencement date (epoch) of the age scale, with 1950 being labelled as</p><p>
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