“How where fossils dated before radiometric dating (I’m assuming potassium-argon) was invented in the 1950s? And did any of the dating done via the radiometric process necessitate scientific revision of the old dates/hypotheses?”
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Before geochemical dating, the earliest hypothesis was borne on relative stratigraphy. As methods improved, series were improved. We’re getting it tighter and tighter all of the time, as more and more data is collected and different methods are developed.
Before geochemical dating, the earliest hypothesis was borne on relative stratigraphy. As methods improved, series were improved. We’re getting it tighter and tighter all of the time, as more and more data is collected and different methods are developed.
Just sit back and science will eventually find the answer we’ve assumed all along, much like the gay gene, the God gene, global warming, autism-causing vaccines, poisonous GMOs, and other noble scientific endeavors.
I noticed you dodged the part where I asked what revisions were made to hypotheses involving rock/fossil dates because of radiometric dating methods.