[RightWhale]

Scientists are using carbon tests on plants found in the rock to determine its exact age, Hawass said.

Hawass knows better. This gives geology a bad name.

[Coyoteman]

Scientists are using carbon tests on plants found in the rock to determine its exact age, Hawass said.

Hawass knows better. This gives geology a bad name.

Or journalists. I would prefer to think that the journalist was completely confused about the different radiometric dating methods.