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Does the law of superposition give us the absolute dating on a fossil?

April 26, 2017dating Fossil Law superposition

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Does the law of superposition give us the absolute dating on a fossil?

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The law of superposition states that layers of undeformed (moved or changed) sedimentary rock are deposited so that each layer is younger than the layers below it and older than the layers above it. This law gives us the RELATIVE age of fossils, but not the absolute age.