Fossils, Coal, and Diamonds – Answers in Genesis – Ken Ham

Ken Ham 8/15/21

August 15 at 6:00 PM  · Carbon-14 (or radiocarbon) is a radioactive form of carbon that scientists use to date fossils. But it decays so quickly—with a half-life of only 5,730 years—that none is expected to remain in fossils after only a few hundred thousand years. Yet carbon-14 has been detected in “ancient” fossils—supposedly up to hundreds of millions of years old—ever since the earliest days of radiocarbon dating. Learn more: Carbon-14 in Fossils, Coal, and Diamonds | Answers in Genesis