The dates given by AOS for past events may actually disprove evolution entirely

[Tiberius]

To show why the real error range destroys atheistic origin science consider the following cases.

Case 1 – Determination of an intermediate species.

Ancestor 120 million years ago
Intermediate 115 million years ago
Descendant 110 million years ago

Seems straightforward. Now consider these same numbers with error ranges.

Ancestor 120 million years ago +- 10 million years
Intermediate 115 million years ago +- 10 million years
Descendant 110 million years ago +- 10 million years

Based on these numbers, then this could be the case.

Ancestor 113 million years ago
Intermediate 115 million years ago
Descendant 118 million years ago

That is the descendant came first, then the intermediate, then the ancestor. So that is now shown to be false.

I'm not sure if anyone in thread has explained this to you yet, because I honestly can't be bothered to read the entire thread, but I should point out that the ranges should not be taken as independent. Common sense should tell you that the descendant can't come before the ancestor.

What the ranges mean is that the number given is an estimation, however there are obvious caveats to taking them as literal ranges that can each be in any position. Clearly, if the ancestor is dated back to 110 million years (i.e. -10 million years), the intermediate cannot have the upper bound it currently does, nor can the descendant.

Yes, the ranges overlap, but they are not independent and should not be (mis)treated as such.