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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 7:00 pm (This post was last modified: May 2, 2019 at 7:06 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(May 2, 2019 at 5:57 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Speaking of trees and organic material in fossils,  I believe in Italy trees buried by volcanic mud flow over a million years ago were found to have retained so much of their original organic material, the fossilized wood still had the same fragrance has modern wood from the same tree specie.

I suspect you're right.  Amber, for instance, smells like sap if you rub it a bit (it smells a LOT like sap when you melt it).

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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 2, 2019 at 7:00 pm

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