[LiteKeeper]

Of the many dating methods currently in use, which one was used here to establish the 7 mya date? Carbon 14 is good for no more that 13-15K years. Other methods are certainly suspect. If it is the strata the bones were found in, those are usually dated by the fossils found in them; and the fossils are dated by the strata. (Check the text books). Therefore, whence the date? [Probably the usual "speculation".]

One noted paleontologist was asked how he dated a particular fossil. His response - when he flew over the area before landing, he could just tell that the area was at least 4.5 million years old. Yeah right!]

[general_re]

Carbon 14 is good for no more that 13-15K years.

No. Simple counting of C-14 (the traditional method) is good to about 50K years ago, and by using a cyclotron and a mass spectrometer, C-14 dating can be extended to about 100,000 years ago.

As for the alleged circularity of fossil dating, I might point out that there are other external indicators used to calibrate and judge the accuracy of radioisotope dating - you really ought to investigate the techniques used before asserting such a thing.

[laredo44]

One noted paleontologist was asked how he dated a particular fossil. His response - when he flew over the area before landing, he could just tell that the area was at least 4.5 million years old.

One wonders how a creationist would determine how old the object is, or even what it is.