In Depth Analysis
Radiometric Dating — Can It Be Trusted?
WHY AREN'T WE TOLD?
Radiometric dating can it be trusted? Some swear by others claim it's useless in dating the past! Many may be surprised and exclaim what do you mean? useless! Well perhaps we should supply some examples. Human remains found deep in a delta deposit near New Orleans, Louisiana, were dated at 57,000 years but when wood from the gunwale of a Kentucky flatboat was found deeper, the 57,000 years shrank to 200 or less.
Also, C-14 dating of Egyptian pharaohs' tombs have registered mummies 500 years 'older' than their sarcophagi! And grains older than the containers in which they were found. A field archaeologist must not take anything for granted. This was something I had to check out. During many years of living in Australia, I made several visits to the island state of Tasmania. I know of a farmer near the town of Burnie who was removing some fence posts on his property. These had been set in the ground less than 100 years earlier. He discovered that the in-ground portion of each post had actually opalised.
Go deeper: The Dating Blunder
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