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no but you can tell the age of the fossil from the age of the rock around it,
you cant tell the age of the earth from fossils is because animals with bones were didnt exist until later in the earth's "life"
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How fossil tell the age of earth?
Fossils can only provide an estimation of the age of the formation surrounding it. One scientific method of dating a fossil involves analysing the isotopes surrounding it. Another method involves looking at the layers of rock in which it is embedded.
How do you estimate the age of the Earth using fossil record?
Cannot be done as the Earth is much older than the oldest fossils.
Are fossils young compared to the age of the Earth?
The oldest fossils found are considered to be from the late Archean period which ended 2500 million years ago. By contrast, the Earth is believed to be 4500 million years old. So, though both dates are amazingly old, the Earth is definitely older than the fossils.
Index fossils allow geologists to?
the first reason is to tell the age of the rocksecond is to compare itMatch rocks of the same age in diffrent regions
What can fossils tell us about the future?
Fossils can tell us the climate and change in the future....
How are fossils used in determining the age of the Earth?
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How fossil tell the age of earth?
Fossils can only provide an estimation of the age of the formation surrounding it. One scientific method of dating a fossil involves analysing the isotopes surrounding it. Another method involves looking at the layers of rock in which it is embedded.
How do fossils tell the story of earth?
because they show what was once on the earth
What is the age of the oldest fossils on earth?
3.5 billion years
What discovery in 1896 changed the method of assigning an age to the earth?
fossils.
What can fossils tell us about movements of the planets in the past?
To my knowledge, fossils found here on earth tell us absolutely nothing about movements of the other planets in the past. There is no way that they could.
How do you estimate the age of the Earth using fossil record?
Cannot be done as the Earth is much older than the oldest fossils.
Which of these scientists contributed to evolutionary theory through the study of geology, fossils, and age of the earth?
Lyell
How do you tell how old sediments are?
Sediments that have lithified, or become sedimentary rock, often contain marine and non-marine animal and plant fossils. These fossils are of organisms that existed only in certain time periods in Earth's history. Identifying the fossils reveals a general age of the rock, give or take some tens of millions of years. Actual age can be roughly estimated by means of radiometric dating.
Are fossils young compared to the age of the Earth?
The oldest fossils found are considered to be from the late Archean period which ended 2500 million years ago. By contrast, the Earth is believed to be 4500 million years old. So, though both dates are amazingly old, the Earth is definitely older than the fossils.
Index fossils allow geologists to?
the first reason is to tell the age of the rocksecond is to compare itMatch rocks of the same age in diffrent regions
Radiocarbon dating would be useful in dating the age of the earth?
Radiocarbon dating cannot be used to determine the age of fossils or "of the earth" because these materials no longer have radiocarbon or have negligible amount of radiocarbon.
