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How will you compute the age of fossil?

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The age of fossils can be determined using two methods namely, relative dating and absolute dating, Relative dating is used to determine a fossil by comparing it to similar rocks and fossils of known age. Absolute dating is used to determine the precise age of a fossil by using radiometric dating to measure the decay of isotopes.
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