Did Dinosaurs and Humans Coexist? New Artefacts May Rewrite Earth's History
Dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago. Yet, in 2012 the horn of a Triceratops was recovered, whose radiocarbon dating returned a date of 33,500 years, challenging the chronology widely shared by scientists. A sensational oversight or paleontology books to be rewritten?
A Triceratops horn discovered in Dawson County, Montana, in 2012 is challenging the conventional wisdom that dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago.
Radiocarbon dating of the find returned an age of 33,500 years ago, which would mean that humans and dinosaurs walked together on our planet.
The find is preserved at the Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum, which requested the dating of a fragment of the horn from the Center for Applied Isotope Studies at the University of Georgia.
The sample was divided into two parts, which were subjected to two different dating techniques, so as to evaluate the consistency of the results. The samples returned a dating of 33,570 (± 120) years and 41,010 (± 220 years) respectively, enough to make paleontologists jump on their seats.
The triceratops (name meaning "face with three horns") is a herbivorous dinosaur which, according to current knowledge, lived towards the end of the Maastrichtian (late Cretaceous), about 68 million years ago, in what is now the North America, becoming extinct about 66 million years ago.
So, how did a triceratops get to us around the time modern man was taking his first steps?
In reality, according to scientists who investigate what are defined as "anomalies of science", the dating of the Triceratops is not surprising at all, but confirms what has long been suspected, and that is that dinosaurs did not become extinct at all millions and millions of years ago, but there is substantial evidence that they lived up to 23 thousand years ago!
On what basis is it possible to affirm such a thing? Until recently, the carbon-14 technique was not considered necessary for dating dinosaur bones, as the test is only reliable up to 55,000 years back in time.
Since dinosaur fossils are often found in layers of the ground that correspond to millions of years ago, what is the point of dating them? In reality, scientists establish the age of a dinosaur fossil on the basis of radiometric measurement of the volcanic sediments deposited below and above the find, a method that presents "serious problems and requires the formulation of too many hypotheses".
It became clear that paleontologists not only neglected to date dinosaur bones with C-14, but actually refused to accept the results. The Triceratops dating results are not unique: numerous tests performed on other dinosaur bones have all returned results dating back thousands of years, rather than millions of years ago.
The fact that dinosaurs may have been younger than thought is an idea that numerous independent researchers have long supported, believing that large reptiles and humans once walked our planet together.
In fact, there are numerous ancient works of art and artefacts that seem to represent dinosaurs, created thousands of years before science discovered the first fossil and reconstructed their appearance.
Among the best-known examples are the controversial Ica Stones, a collection of andesite stones bearing a variety of surface engravings, including depictions of dinosaurs and advanced technology. They were discovered in a cave near the city of Ica, Peru, and made known by the Peruvian doctor Javier Cabrera Darquea.
Less controversial is the emblematic example offered by a stone carving located on the Buddhist temple of Ta Prohm, in Cambodia, which has become known as the “Ta Prohm Stegosaurus”. Archaeologists believe the Ta Prohm temple dates back around 800 years. So how is it possible that ancient Cambodians knew about dinosaurs, given that the first fossils were dug up only a couple of hundred years ago?
In a tomb discovered in the Nazca region dating back 1300 years ago were discovered some ornamental artefacts, including ceramics and textiles, with the representation of what appear to be dinosaurs.
Some critics dispute the results because they would be tainted by the "creationist" tendency. However, more and more researchers countered by calling on skeptics to perform rigorous C-14 dating on the dinosaur samples they have, so they can compare the results.
Although the challenge was issued, the “orthodox” scientific community incredibly refused, and previous attempts to publish test results in elite journals were repeatedly blocked.
Furthermore, the presentation of raw data, i.e. without interpretation, in numerous scientific symposiums was also prevented: in 2009 by the North American Paleontological Convention, in 2011 and 2012 by the American Geophysical Union and the Geological Society of America.
The public needs to be informed that dating records and ancient depictions of dinosaurs make current beliefs obsolete, and the role of science is to find evidence, not to remain a prisoner of one's beliefs, letting them fall where possible.
