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what are fossils?list any two ways by which we can estimate the age of fossil

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Fossils are the dead remains of plants and animals that are embedded in the sedimentary rock, preserved and petrified. Two ways two estimate the age of fossil are:
1. Carbon dating
2. Determining the age of rock in which fossil was found

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