Explain how a paleontologist might use relative dating techniques to determine the age of a fossil.

Biology · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020

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Relative dating is used to determine a fossils approximate age by comparing it to similar rocks and fossils of known ages. Absolute dating is used to determine a precise age of a fossil by using radiometric dating to measure the decay of isotopes either within the fossil or more often the rocks associated with it.