Why 6000 years

However, now new-earth theorists and Bible experts have made a shocking claim, saying the first men walked the surface of the earth alongside the dinosaurs, and not 65 million years but a mere 6, years ago! Bible experts and those who consider the religious book also a guide for history are now claiming that the book has tracked the evolution of humans since the beginning and according to it, the earth is just 6, years ago and not as old as the scientists suggest.

Scientific experts have always maintained that the earliest records of humans on earth was around two million years ago but no form of humans could have ever existed alongside dinosaur because the latter became extinct almost 65 million year ago.

Tom Meyer, who is a professor of Bible studies at Shasta Bible College and Graduate School in California has sparked conversations on the accepted scientific model as he said that several evidence shows that humans in fact did co-exist with dinosaur around 6, years ago.

The point is that science uses an enormous array of techniques and methods that supports one another, providing sound evidence that the earth is billions of years old, rather than a mere 6, years. AIG fails to use good science because their only arguments are to use scientifically-inaccurate claims to try to disprove scientific methods. In their attempt to do this, they fail to provide any proof or evidence of their own to demonstrate the earth is only 6, years as they claim. In fact, they invalidate their own argument in their attempt.

Nature: Molecular Clock Methods. Nature: Dating Rocks Using Methods. Skip to content. The Use of Radiometric Dating If the Earth is only 6, years old, why does radiometric dating techniques used by geologists suggest the age is around much older? Whether more plants and animals adapt or go extinct in the future, this dramatic shift in the past highlights the extent of human influences that have prompted the official naming of a new age: the Anthropocene.

The process of humans becoming distinct from other species and the way they transformed the Earth is really the cause of the Anthropocene. So this [study] is interesting in terms of asking where and when did this train leave the station? However, this study is not likely to help set the date scientists will use to mark the start of the Anthropocene. Chair of the working group and professor of paleobiology at the University of Leicester, Jan Zalasiewicz , says that line is likely to have been drawn in , when fallout from thermonuclear weapons tests deposited a distinct radioactive signature in sediment around the world.

Zalasiewicz was one of the coauthors on a recent paper in The Anthropocene Review proposing that the significant impacts humans are making to life on the planet could be the start of a long transition to something completely new—a third stage in evolution. Kimbra Cutlip is a freelance science writer, covering natural history, atmospheric sciences, biology and medicine. She is a contributing editor for Weatherwise magazine.

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