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Talk:Counterexamples to an Old Earth (view source)
Revision as of 21:56, January 29, 2012
, 21:56, January 29, 2012→Historical Counterexamples: new section
[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 09:56, 11 January 2012 (EST)
[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 09:56, 11 January 2012 (EST)
== Historical Counterexamples ==
''The oldest direct evidence of life -- written documents, clothing, remnants of civilizations, tree rings, etc. -- is no older than about 3000 B.C.''
*There are tree rings which are older than 3000 B.C (see [[dendrochronology]]) - I think that for the [[bristlecone pine]]s you will find a fully anchored chronology of 8,500 years - going back to 6000 B.C.
*There are many reports about older clothing, woven textiles are date to be from 6000 B.C. <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/13/science/site-in-turkey-yields-oldest-cloth-ever-found.html?pagewanted=all NYTimes 1993: Site in Turkey Yields Oldest Cloth ever Found]</ref>
*And there are other older remnants of civilizations, i.e. [[Lascaux]]
But of course you can claim that these things can't be dated probably, as no one of the contemporaries has ''written'' about them: this reduces your point to:
''The oldest written documents are no older than about 3000 B.C.''
I'll change the page accordingly. [[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 16:55, 29 January 2012 (EST)
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