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Carbon dating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/bo
by CodeSheikh 10y ago
Carbon dating
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating
https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundless-biology-textbook/evolution-and-the-origin-of-species-18/evidence-of-evolution-129/carbon-dating-and-estimating-fossil-age-520-13098/ https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundless-biolog...
- cjslep 10y agoNo, carbon-14 dating doesn't even reliably hit 1 million years ago, let alone 3 billion. Edit: Even your Wiki link cites 500,000 years.
- dkurth 10y agoAccording to that boundless.com link, "The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,730 years, so carbon dating is only relevant for dating fossils less than 60,000 years old."
- usaphp 10y agoBut from the Wikipedia about radiocarbon method: "Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses (14C) to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to about 60,000 years old."