Talk:A freshly killed seal was C14 dated at 1300 years old
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Within a year
"Furthermore, one should expect erroneous readings in carbon-dating if one attempts to carbon-date an organism that died within a year of being carbon-dated in the first place."
- I don't understand this response. Why does carbon dating get inaccurate if the body is fresh? --tk (t) 09:13, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Removed Comment A
"If as the creationist claim, that all the "animals" were created in one day, then why do we not find all of them dead together in one strata of time - be it 8000 years ago or 80 million? I have read the bible many times over and have never read where some animals lived to be 8000 years old which would seperate them in the stratas from others living a normal life span. Even the "flood" can't explain that one! Dinasours floor one, people, floor 85."
- Someone wrote this at an inappropriate place - a red link in this article. I am moving it here. --tk (t) 11:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Removed Comment B
The following comment was originally posted by an anonymous poster:
- "On the other hand, this fact blows carbon-dating out of the water since fossils are rarely tested themselves, but the rock and solidification made around them. Therefore, it is not the organizisms, which are being dated, but their atmospheric conditions, and thus carbon-dating cannot be said to provide accurate measures for the organisms themselves."
If the anonymous commenter had actually taken the time to read about carbon-14 dating, he would have realized that carbon-14 dating can not be used on fossils because the vast majority of fossils either have no remaining carbon-14 left, or they have no original carbon left.--Mr A. 01:57, 22 June 2007 (BST)
