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Well, it depends on how much detail you want. Carbon-dating is actually very accurate to within a few thousand years. This sounds like a long time to us, but when you are talking about a fossil that is millions of years old, a few thousand years is nothing. Of course, you can't say that a fossil has been in the ground since 1:27pm, Monday 5th June, 34,050,389 BC, but considering the time scales involved, we can date fossils pretty accurately.

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