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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.

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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


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Reply #1 on: Aug 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: E

Answer to Question 2

Answer: E


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Reply 2 on: Aug 11, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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