explain why carbon dating would not be helpful to determine the age of the earliest dinosaur fossils

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ShadowKid3 · Answer

I just read something about this I'll look for my notes in the topic and get back to you when I can help

yamomasminez · Answer

@shadowkid3 wrote:

I just read something about this I'll look for my notes in the topic and get back to you when I can help

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Glorious · Answer

Carbon dating doesn't work for dinosaur fossils because they are millions of years old, and the carbon in them has long since decayed. Carbon dating is only effective for objects up to about 50,000 years old.

ShadowKid3 · Answer

carbon has a short halflife (the time it takes for half of the original content to decay) and this limits carbon dating to only be useful go something tens of thousands of years old (Max 50,000) so it's not an accurate way to determine the age of a fossil

Glorious · Answer

@shadowkid3 wrote:

carbon has a short halflife (the time it takes for half of the original content to decay) and this limits carbon dating to only be useful go something tens of thousands of years old (Max 50,000) so it's not an accurate way to determine the age of a fossil

Good job Shadow, that's correct.

fwval · Answer

carbon dating isnt helpful in determining the age of the earliest dinosaur fossils because its only effective for items up to about 50000 years old while dinosaur fossils are millions of years old