This means that in old-earth terminology, carbon-14 decays “quickly.” Thus, if a bone (or some other material that is made of carbon) is really millions of years old and hasn’t been contaminated, you wouldn’t expect to find any carbon-14 in it.

The carbon-14 should have long since decayed to the point where it is no longer detectable, even with the best scientific instruments we have today.

One of the more recent developments is the carbon dating of bones and other carbon-containing materials that are supposedly millions of years old.

Carbon dating uses the radioactive decay of carbon-14 into nitrogen-14, which currently has a half-life of 5,730 years.

(2) There's mostly left-handed amino acids (not yet decayed to a 50/50 right-to-left ratio) in chert and dinosaur eggshells.

Paul Giem went through this material and helped Real Science Radio's Bob Enyart clarify some of the points and correct a couple errors, including one of his own. (1) Significant amounts of short-lived 14c is measured in diamonds, dinosaur fossils, natural gas, and coal.

As I have noted previously, it’s a wonderful time to be a young-earth creationist.

With the scientific breakthroughs and discoveries coming in daily, this is a great time to be alive!However, creation scientists have carbon-dated fossils, diamonds, and coal that are all supposed to be millions of years old.Nevertheless, they all have detectable amounts of carbon-14 in them.Naturally occurring graphite occurs in two forms, alpha and beta.These two forms have identical physical properties but different crystal structures.