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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 2, 2019 at 2:09 pm (This post was last modified: May 2, 2019 at 2:09 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Quote:I was beginning to understand until you mentioned daughter nuclei. That sounds like mitosis. but how do non biotic atoms have daughter nuclei?

The term 'daughter' is a euphemism.  It clearly doesn't mean biological daughter.  Just as a large corporation has daughter companies, we don't picture a mommy corporation and a daddy corporation getting busy after a long day and too much wine.

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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 Paraselene - 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 Paraselene - 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 2, 2019 at 2:09 pm

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