Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Carbon 14 is used to date human fossils Mungo woman was found in Australia in 1969. Based on carbon 14 the bones dated to be 19,000 years old, but the collagen dated to be almost 25,000 years old... but it was found to be buried below charcoal dated at more than 26,000 years old. So which is it? That's a 40% difference! Which is it? Whatever gives the oldest date because that results in the most prestige for the discoverer.
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Carbon 14 is used to date human fossils Mungo woman was found in Australia in 1969. Based on carbon 14 the bones dated to be 19,000 years old, but the collagen dated to be almost 25,000 years old... but it was found to be buried below charcoal dated at more than 26,000 years old. So which is it? That's a 40% difference! Which is it? Whatever gives the oldest date because that results in the most prestige for the discoverer.
For more info: SciencePastor.com/mungo1
For other videos in this series go to the "SMITHSONIAN Human Origins" playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7PNIVQ6BfLi-0jo9tbDf9Rj5CsVVMxh9
Here is a previous 30 SECOND Science Pastor video on Carbon 14 dating in general: SciencePastor.com/carbon14
To subscribe to our YouTube channel click here: youtube.com/channel/UCGSM19Qz1hgwLCZFhiPI3OQ?view_as=subscriber?sub_confirmation=1
Image of Mugo Lake by: dfinnecy - Wikkicommons images:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mungo_lake_1.jpg
