Dinosaur bones and other fossils are dated by several methods of radiometric dating.
Living things, and once living things, up to an age of about 50,000 years, are dated by radiocarbon dating.
Do you have a citation for the radiocarbon date of 3,000 years for a living elephant?
I see you answered my question in another post.
Could you check the Hal Linsey book and see if he cites a source for this information?
I do a lot of radiocarbon dating, and would like to look up the original article.