This brief article presents a rebuttal to a key argument of detractors -- for anything within the past 1000 years of history, Carbon dating is literally worthless.

In one stroke, this cripples confidence in many of the predominant narratives. Even if carbon dating were easy to do at home, we could not verify the origins of anything in the past 2000 years using anything but a paper trial. Paperwork never suddenly changes, right? Except when it burns?

Heather Graven, an atmospheric...

Carbon dating has a margin of error of plus or minus 2000 years.