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How can we know how old fossils are?

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How can we know how old fossils are?
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RE: How can we know how old fossils are?
April 30, 2019 at 2:43 pm
(April 30, 2019 at 2:40 pm)jamesmadison Wrote: Ok but do climate conditions or atmospheric conditions affect a rock changing to a limestone, or like bill nye said 'its a fact that after 10 years it turns into formika", but would it be a fact during the Jurassic period?

We know the rate of radioactive decay. You might want to reproduce the studies so you can know for certain.
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How can we know how old fossils are?

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How can we know how old fossils are? - by jamesmadison - April 30, 2019 at 2:27 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by Silver - April 30, 2019 at 2:33 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by polymath257 - April 30, 2019 at 3:45 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by Gawdzilla Sama - April 30, 2019 at 2:43 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by Jackalope - April 30, 2019 at 3:02 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by Silver - April 30, 2019 at 2:59 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by Deesse23 - April 30, 2019 at 3:06 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by Jackalope - April 30, 2019 at 3:09 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by Jackalope - April 30, 2019 at 3:10 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by Rhondazvous - April 30, 2019 at 3:29 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by Jackalope - April 30, 2019 at 3:31 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by Rhondazvous - April 30, 2019 at 4:43 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by polymath257 - April 30, 2019 at 10:18 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by no one - April 30, 2019 at 4:54 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by Nay_Sayer - April 30, 2019 at 5:03 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by brewer - April 30, 2019 at 5:57 pm
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by madog - May 1, 2019 at 4:52 am

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