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Carbon dating

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/* Known Errors in Carbon Dating */ Errors is wrong; error would mean the range to which the technique can measure; limit is the maximum range it can measure.
Due to these fundamental limitations, the only scientific conclusion that can be drawn from carbon dating is that material X is older than material Y when X has lost more C-14 than Y has. It is not possible to determine, with any degree of scientific certainty, how much older X is than Y.
== Known Errors Limits in Carbon Dating ==
Even the staunchest advocates of carbon dating admit that it gives errors for material that is younger than 150 years or older than 50,000 years. The errors for material younger than 150 years is ascribed to changes in the ratio of C-14 to C-12 in the atmosphere.<ref>http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CD/CD011.html</ref>
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