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:: P.S. I waited also before reverting, by posting the first message above in this new section.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 16:37, 21 January 2008 (EST)
:: P.S. I waited also before reverting, by posting the first message above in this new section.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 16:37, 21 January 2008 (EST)
:::I did, because I thought that what was written later said the same thing:
::::"Since the half-life of 14C is only 5715 years, after 50,000 years only about 1/500th of the 14C remains - and since even initially it is only present as a minute proportion of the whole (0.0000000001% of all Carbon atoms), measuring the exact quantity present with precision enough to be of use for dating purposes is extremely difficult. For this reason, scientists do not generally attempt to carbon date material that is believed to be older than about 50,000-60,000 years old. However, isotopes with longer half-lives may be used."
:::Many of the phrases are the same and it looks like they were written using the same source.
:::After I edited this morning I had class till 4, so I wasn't able to respond to the talk page in time. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 16:46, 21 January 2008 (EST)