This isn't really a chemistry problem, but here it is anyway-

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.

Question

This isn't really a chemistry problem, but here it is anyway-

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.

anonymous · Answer

Relative = Which layer is it in the fossil record?  Which known-age fossils are above and below it?
Absolute = Carbon dating, etc.