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"Fossils are related to evolution", justify this statement. Give the two ways by which age of the fossils can be estimated?

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asked Jan 22, 2018 in Biology by Golu (37,045 points) ● 19 ● 146 ● 420

"Fossils are related to evolution", justify this statement. Give the two ways by which age of the fossils can be estimated?

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answered Jan 22, 2018 by faiz (82,347 points) ● 6 ● 6 ● 11
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Preserved traces of living organisms are called fossils.
Two ways of determining age of fossils are:
(i) Relative-fossils closer to the surface are more recent.
(ii) Dating-finding the ratio of different isotopes of the same element.

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