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Second, "various plants have differing abilities to exclude significant proportions of the C-14 in their intake. This varies with environmental conditions as well. The varying rates at which <SUP>14</SUP>C is excluded in plants also means that the apparent age of a living animal may be affected by an animal's diet.  An animal that ingested plants with  relatively low <SUP>14</SUP>C proportions would be dated older than their true age."<ref>Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Resource Center, "Uncertainty in Carbon Dating"[http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/CommunityCollege/Radiography/Physics/carbondating.htm]</ref>
 
Second, "various plants have differing abilities to exclude significant proportions of the C-14 in their intake. This varies with environmental conditions as well. The varying rates at which <SUP>14</SUP>C is excluded in plants also means that the apparent age of a living animal may be affected by an animal's diet.  An animal that ingested plants with  relatively low <SUP>14</SUP>C proportions would be dated older than their true age."<ref>Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Resource Center, "Uncertainty in Carbon Dating"[http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/CommunityCollege/Radiography/Physics/carbondating.htm]</ref>
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== Known Limits in Carbon Dating ==
   
Carbon dating cannot give accurate numbers if the sample is younger than 150 years or older than 50,000 years. The inaccuracy for material younger than 150 years is ascribed to changes in the ratio of <SUP>14</SUP>C to <SUP>12</SUP>C in the atmosphere.<ref>http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CD/CD011.html</ref>
 
Carbon dating cannot give accurate numbers if the sample is younger than 150 years or older than 50,000 years. The inaccuracy for material younger than 150 years is ascribed to changes in the ratio of <SUP>14</SUP>C to <SUP>12</SUP>C in the atmosphere.<ref>http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CD/CD011.html</ref>
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Since the half-life of <SUP>14</SUP>C is only 5715 years, after 50,000 years only about 1/500th of the <SUP>14</SUP>C 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.
      
Additional anomalous results from carbon dating, which reinforce its limitations, include the inability to date carbonate rocks, which confound the science behind the dating technique.
 
Additional anomalous results from carbon dating, which reinforce its limitations, include the inability to date carbonate rocks, which confound the science behind the dating technique.
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