Author Question: Radiometric dating techniques available to anthropologists A. work only for nonhuman primates, ... (Read 28 times)

mrsjacobs44 · **on:** Aug 11, 2018

Radiometric dating techniques available to anthropologists

A. work only for nonhuman primates, because genus Homo had culture.
B. have caused a re-evaluation of the fossil record since their 1991 development.
C. can only be used to date inorganic materials that are more than 1 million years old.
D. do not work well for hominin fossils, because such fossils are too young for the effective range of the techniques.
E. establish a probable date for fossils by calculating radioactive decay in the specimen found or the rocks surrounding it.

Question 2

What term refers to the study of the processes that affect the remains of dead animals?

A. necrology
B. autopsy
C. degradation
D. osteology
E. taphonomy