“Many of the small wood fragments
were bound together by an asphalt- or tar-like substance… Following
a thorough dissolution of the asphalt with carbon tetrachloride, the wood
fragments were radiocarbon dated… A theoretical age of 6635 +/- 280
years BP (before 1950) was determined… The only conceivable source of
error is a potentially incomplete removal of the asphalt binder,
whose age surely exceeded 50,000 years.”
Friedrich
Bender, Bible & Spade Vol. 19 No. 4
What
if the asphalt age was less than 50,000 years?