This graph shows the results of Carbon-14 dating analysis performed by Whitelaw. Four classes of once-living matter have been analyzed:

• Death of men and animals in Afro-Eurasia
• Death of men and animals in the Western Hemisphere
• Death of trees
• Death of marine life

The given graph is for the first class only, but the other three classes show a similar result.

The graphs document a "spike of death" about 5,000 years ago, followed by a much smaller amount of death followed by gradual recovery reaching a steady state. This is consistent with the results that a global flood would produce.

Some conclusions drawn from this study are:

• Radiocarbon clearly points to a worldwide catastrophe destructive of man, beast, tree, and marine life.
• Radiocarbon indicates a large and widespread human population in the world just before this catastrophe.
• Radiocarbon indicates the widespread existence of now-extinct flora and fauna in the world before this catastrophe.
• Radiocarbon indicates that the "re-origin" of both animals and man after this catastrophe was in the vicinity of the Near East and noticeably later in the Western Hemisphere.
• Radiocarbon supports the biblical chronology of ancient empires and of Israel.