You are digging a hole in your backyard when you see a piece of fossilized bone in the dirt. How could you prove the age of the fossil? Design a procedure for determining the relative and absolute age of the bone.

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anonymous · Answer

A method could be carbon dating--using radioactive isotopes of carbon. Search carbon dating on the Internet; it's a very good method to use. Try asking @wolfe8 for help on this question!

wolfe8 · Answer

I looked up determining age of fossils lol. I found these: http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/backyard-dinosaurs/questions-answers.cfm?know=a24 http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/dating-rocks-and-fossils-using-geologic-methods-107924044 Welcome to OpenStudy.