Tuesday, April 13, 2010
The Dating of Fossils
The age of fossils are critical for outlining evolution as with the age of fossils we are able to prove not only that the world has been around longer than the young earth creationists believe but also to plot the timeline of evolution and observe how and why animals evolved. As carbon dating as the generally accepted and most common way of defining the age of fossils seems more and more questionable with the nuclear bombs and testing that occurs around the world, what will be the next way to determine the age of fossils? If we are not able to determine the age of fossils, how will we continue to pursue the dream of following the footsteps of evolution? Will we even still be able to chase the proof of evolution? What will happen to the theory if we can't assign a definite time to each fossil we find? Would the whole theory just collapse without time reference?