First, the relative age of a fossil can be determined. Relative dating puts geologic events in chronological order without requiring that a specific numerical age be assigned to each event.

The reason for two sets of fairly divergent age ranges has to do with the methods used to date the fossil. Because of the jawbone’s degradation, the team couldn’t use direct dating techniques ...

Dr. Chris Shelton and student Kolby Dooling unearthed a rare, well-preserved ammonite fossil at a site in Oklahoma, and it wasn’t an ordinary fossil. This particular find shimmered with the ...

The Role of Stratigraphy in Dating Fossils Stratigraphy involves studying rock layers (strata) to determine the relative ages ...

The use of Argon-Argon radioisotopic dating provides an accurate, reproducible way to place fossils into a chronological framework without relying solely on relative comparisons. In regions like ...

First, the relative age of a fossil can be determined. Relative dating puts geologic events in chronological order without requiring that a specific numerical age be assigned to each event.