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Problems with the U-Pb Radioisotope Dating Methods—3. Mass Fractionation

Keywords: radioisotope dating, half-lives, 238U, 235U, 206Pb, 207Pb, uranium-lead dating, 238U/235U, lead-lead dating, Pb-Pb isochrons, zircons, diffusion, TIMS, SIMS, LA-ICP-MS, isotope mass fractionation, standards, uncertainties, assumptions, circular reasoning, accelerated radioisotope decay Introduction Radioisotope dating of… 

Missing Link? Scientists Claim Newly Discovered Fossil Ape Was Bipedal

A recent study trumpeted the discovery of a supposedly 11.6-million-year-old ape from what is now Germany. Danuvius guggenmosi allegedly had “long arms suited to hanging in trees, [and] features of its legs and spine suggest…