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To: GourmetDan
Your question regarding assumptions (in this case for radiocarbon dating) is well addressed in the folowing website from Biblical Chronologist:

Is radiocarbon dating based on assumptions?

561 posted on 05/02/2006 9:23:14 AM PDT by Coyoteman (Creationists know Jack Chick about evolution.)
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To: Coyoteman

Actually not.

When radiocarbon dating is inconsistent, various excuses like 'exposure to ancient carbon sources' is invoked. I believe this was in response to the discovery that some modern shells exhibited ancient radiocarbon dates.

Also, tree-ring chronologies are based on the assumption that you can correlate pieces of wood laying around with each other, that you can correctly count rings (much more difficult than admitted) and that each ring represents a year (often not the case).


586 posted on 05/02/2006 10:15:48 AM PDT by GourmetDan
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