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The Rhine River had previously been dated at 10
million years most likely based on erosion rates. However a new
study based fossils of at a site associated with the river now adds
an extra 5 million years for a total of 15 million years.
This study is yet another demonstration the fact that dating sites
by the fossils at them supersedes other dating methods. Using fossil
dating not only requires not only assuming evolution but assuming
the methods used to date the fossil types was accurate to begin
with. One problem that this supremacy of fossil dating causes is
that it renders the concept of fauna succession totally un-testable
since it eliminates any way of objectively producing a relive date
for fossil sites that could be used as a test. This
is a problem inherent in all methods used to date the past. Once one
method become the standard for judging the results of other
methods it becomes totally un testable. Even worst it can
result in circular reasoning when the date derived by a given method
are used to support the assumptions of the dating method. In this
case fossil dating which assumes evolution is used to date rocks and
these dates are then used to support evolution, thus the circular
reasoning.
Reference
The Rhine Is Five Million Years Older Than First Thought: Age of the River Corrected Based On Fossils |
