He claimed that it was capable of dating animal, plant and human remains of fairly “recent’ origin. As they say on Star Trek, we are all carbon based units.

Laboratory research has shown that the radioactive decay of Carbon-14 occurs in a half-life of 5,73040 years through beta decay that causes the Carbon-14 to revert back to Nitrogen-14.

The third point is most relevant to our discussion, since it results in 'both sides' affirming the accuracy of radiocarbon dating for any 'recent' samples (as opposed to nearly any other method, which must be discounted in all cases by anyone that believes in a young Earth).

When a plant or animal dies, no more carbon is added.

C in the dead sample, and using the half-life, one can determine the age of the sample, or, the age at which it stopped incorporating new carbon into its cells. Thus, his noted carbon-14 result is that C production later in this chapter, but he does not deal with all of them.

A NOTED CARBON-14 RESULT De Young notes that this method can be used in support of biblical ideas. He notes that "In recent years, readily detectable amounts of carbon-14 have been the rule rather than the exception." Is this claim true?

Protons and neutrons make up the center (nucleus) of the atom, and electrons form shells around the nucleus.

The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom determines the element.