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The Earth as an accreted celestial body of roughly the same size as exists today, was formed roughly 4.567 billion years ago as concluded by current scientific evidence.
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How old does scientific evidence suggest the Earth is?
== == The age of the Earth is roughly 4.6 billion years.
How old is planet earth?
The Earth is around 4.6 billion years old, as suggested by all the available scientific evidence.
How old is the Earth based on scientific evidence?
Most scientists agree that the Earth and our entire solar system is about 4.5 billion years old. To the extent that there are disagreements as to the age of the Earth, the disagreements are in the decimal places. Some argue for 4.5 billion; some claim 4.6 or 4.7 billion years is more likely.
How old was the earth 4.4 billion years ago?
Roughly 167 million years old. The most recent scientific age of the Earth is 4.567 billion years.
How does carbon dating prove a young earth?
Carbon-dating can not be used to prove the age of the earth, so it can not be used either to prove a "young earth" nor to support the scientific age of the earth. Carbon-dating is useful for archaeology, where it can date evidence of human artefacts up to fifty thousand years old. Some less less informed "Young Earth" creationists do believe that carbon-dating was used to date the earth. They attempt, unsuccessfully, to undermine the science of carbon-dating in the belief that by doing so they undermine the scientific age of the earth, rather than because they constructively prove their point. The best estimates of the age of the earth have been arrived at by radioactive dating, but not by carbon-dating. Had techniques of radioactive dating not been invented, other known methods of dating the earth would prove that the world is more than a few million years old. Some of these are described in the related question, attached below.
How old does scientific evidence suggest the Earth is?
== == The age of the Earth is roughly 4.6 billion years.
How old is planet earth?
The Earth is around 4.6 billion years old, as suggested by all the available scientific evidence.
Is Earth old?
Yes, very. Although some people don't believe this, scientific evidence says the Earth is around 4.5 billion years old, which is very old indeed.
How old is earth based on scientific research?
According to scientific research all planets were created in over 4.5 million years ago
How old is the Earth based on scientific evidence?
Most scientists agree that the Earth and our entire solar system is about 4.5 billion years old. To the extent that there are disagreements as to the age of the Earth, the disagreements are in the decimal places. Some argue for 4.5 billion; some claim 4.6 or 4.7 billion years is more likely.
Do scientist debate on the age of the Earth?
scientist do debate in discussing the age of the earth because there is many theories that saying when is the earth began or made
Is the earth 6000 years old?
No, the current most accurate scientific evidence for the age of the earth is 4.567 billion years.. Please see the related link to the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) website.
Is Earth 6000 years old?
No, the current most accurate scientific evidence for the age of the earth is 4.567 billion years.. Please see the related link to the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) website.
How old do scientist believe the sun to be?
According to creation science, the sun is roughly 6,000 years old. There is, however, not a shred of scientific evidence to support this belief. Most astro-physicists believe it to be about 4.5 to 5 billion years old, an observation that is fully supported by predictable and reliable scientific data.
What do the scientific creationists think of the earth?
Most "Creation Scientists" are Old Earth Creationists, so they accept the mainstream scientific evidence that the Earth is immensely old, in fact probably around 4.5 billion years. This means they are not Bible literalists, who would believe that the Earth is only a few thousand years old. However, they seek a greater role for God than merely initiating the "Big Bang" and letting the rest happen. So, many seek to find some evidence of "Intelligent Design" in the world.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
What is the age of the earth and how do we know?
According to the science of evolution, the earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old. This period is assumed because of a massive amount of scientific data pointing to that amount of time.
Is creationism credible?
There are at least two, quite different forms of creationism, and the question of whether creationism is credible must be applied separately to each. No doubt, both Young-Earth creationism and Old-Earth creationism are credible to their proponents, but the question must be whether they are credible to other well informed people.Young-Earth creationism holds that the Earth is only a few thousand years old, usually around six thousand. However, science has proven conclusively that the world is billions of years old, so this can not be credible. Because of the overwhelming evidence that the world is certainly more than six thousand years old, some Young-Earth creationists have adapted Young-Earth creationism by saying that each of the days stated in Genesis chapter 1 was really an almost indefinite period of time. According to this version, the world could be many thousands of years old. This not only undermines the standard Young-Earth creationism argument, but it is even less credible, given that there is no supporting evidence for this, not even biblical evidence.Old-Earth creationism accepts the scientific evidence for the great age of the Earth, so from this point of view it is more credible than Young-Earth creationism. Nevertheless, some Old-Earth creationists say that God created all living things just as they are today. Others accept that species evolved, but say that this was not the result of natural selection but Intelligent Design. Both versions of Old-Earth creationism fail in the face of scientific evidence, although Intelligent Design is more sophisticated and therefore somewhat more credible. Intelligent Design is also claimed by some Young-Earth creationists, perhaps because it has captured the imagination of a proportion of the population, but it seems inherently an Old-Earth creationism concept.Ultimately credibility comes down to whether a hypothesis is compatible with the scientific evidence. Creationists do not put forward scientific evidence to support their hypotheses, instead proposing various ways in which they believe they can undermine the evidence for evolution. Occasionally, scientists respond (eg. Dawkins, Perakh, et al)and demonstrate the failure of these arguments. So, to be credible, creationism has to adapt further, until its claims are at least somewhat consistent with the scientific evidence.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
