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reznwerks
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How long have we heard arguments from the YEC'rs that Carbon 14 could not be counted on because it was wrong and the reality would be found that the earth is indeed much younger? Well read on and weep. The YEC'rs were correct in that the original testing methods were flawed but they have been corrected and guess what? Fossils are now determined to be older than previously thought not younger.
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"Other investigations of deep-sea sediments off Venezuela and ice-core records from Greenland yielded evidence of carbon variation problems, which turned out to be especially pronounced between 30,000 and 40,000 years ago. Accordingly, radiocarbon dates were recalibrated.
The revised dates, for example, show that a standard radiocarbon reading of 40,000 years translated into a calendar age of 43,000.
Even more consequential, a date of 35,000 years is revised to an actual age of 40,500, Mellars reported.
If correct, the new chronology means that fossil and archaeological evidence, especially in the crucial 30,000-to- 40,000-year period, is much older than once estimated.
Modern people may have arrived in Europe slightly earlier, but the extinction of the Neanderthals, previously thought to have occurred around 30,000 years ago, is now subject to greater revision because the standard dating yielded the most serious underestimates of true ages.
The degree of age discrepancies is also illustrated by the revised date for the splendid wall art in Chauvet cave, in southern France.
The charcoal used to produce the Chauvet drawings was originally dated around 31,000 to 32,000 years ago. A team of scientists reported in 2004 in the journal Science a revised date closer to 36,000 years ago."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/22/news/carbon.php
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"Other investigations of deep-sea sediments off Venezuela and ice-core records from Greenland yielded evidence of carbon variation problems, which turned out to be especially pronounced between 30,000 and 40,000 years ago. Accordingly, radiocarbon dates were recalibrated.
The revised dates, for example, show that a standard radiocarbon reading of 40,000 years translated into a calendar age of 43,000.
Even more consequential, a date of 35,000 years is revised to an actual age of 40,500, Mellars reported.
If correct, the new chronology means that fossil and archaeological evidence, especially in the crucial 30,000-to- 40,000-year period, is much older than once estimated.
Modern people may have arrived in Europe slightly earlier, but the extinction of the Neanderthals, previously thought to have occurred around 30,000 years ago, is now subject to greater revision because the standard dating yielded the most serious underestimates of true ages.
The degree of age discrepancies is also illustrated by the revised date for the splendid wall art in Chauvet cave, in southern France.
The charcoal used to produce the Chauvet drawings was originally dated around 31,000 to 32,000 years ago. A team of scientists reported in 2004 in the journal Science a revised date closer to 36,000 years ago."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/22/news/carbon.php
