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How is the age of a fossil determined

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Answer: by comparing it to similar rocks and fossils of known ages. Absolute dating is used to determine a precise age of a fossil by using radiometric dating to measure the decay of isotopes

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OleMash [197]2 years ago

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The age of fossils are determined by carbon dating and by radioactive calculations.

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Since all living things are made up of carbon, the relative age of fossils, which were once live animal or plant life, can be calculated by estimating at what time the fossil was alive.

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