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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?
May 1, 2019 at 5:50 am (This post was last modified: May 1, 2019 at 5:52 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Quote:Intriguingly, that does not appear to always be true.

Intriguingly, it is always and absolutely true.  There is no organic material in fossils.  Fossils are organic materials that have been replaced by minerals.  Very rarely, organic material is found encased within fossils or near fossils or on fossils, but not in the fossils themselves.

And that, my friend, is how you split hairs.  Smile

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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 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
RE: How can we know how old fossils are? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 1, 2019 at 5:50 am

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