Describe the following methods of evaluating geological time: Absolute Dating and Numerical Age or Relative Dating. Which method do you think is more reliable or accurate?
Discussion Question 2.
Scientists debate about the use of fossils as a tool to determine records of various events, such as the vanishing of the dinosaurs or the origin of our ancestors. Discuss the role of fossils in helping scientists develop accurate records of the geologic history of the Earth based on what you know of fossils from your textbook and other sources. In your discussion address important discoveries such as the 3.3-million-year-old fossilized remains of a child in the Dikika region of Ethiopia.
