Answer:
carbon-12 is not radioactive
Step-by-step explanation:
The measurement of the age of dead carbon based life forms requires the use of a radioactive isotope hence it is often referred to as radiocarbon dating.
Carbon-12 and Carbon-14 occur together in living things.The half life of Carbon-14 is about 5670 years.
Hence, since Carbon-12 is not radioactive, it can not be used to measure the age of dead carbon based materials.