A) dendrochronology
B) electron spin resonance
C) fission track
D) amino acid method
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A) 10-12 mya.
B) 8-10 mya.
C) 6-8 mya.
D) 4-6 mya.
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A) archaeology.
B) cryptozoology.
C) forensic biology.
D) taphonomy.
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A) the earliest hominins lived in wooded settings.
B) the earliest hominins lived in unwooded grassland settings.
C) the earliest hominins lived in marshy settings.
D) the earliest hominins lived in desert settings.
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A) carbon 14 dating
B) amino acid dating
C) potassium-argon dating
D) electron spin resonance dating
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A) savannah
B) woodland
C) grassland
D) swamp
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A) biostratigraphic dating, because there may be animal remains inside the pot.
B) cultural dating, since the pot must be specific to a known culture and time period.
C) radiopotassium dating of the material used to make the pot.
D) fission track dating of the pot itself.
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A) carbon 14.
B) isotopes.
C) index fossils.
D) carbon 13 and carbon 12.
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A) More populations of species lived in these areas and nowhere else.
B) Only these areas were conducive to sustaining life.
C) These areas provided better preservation.
D) Many villagers gather to sell fossils in these areas only.
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A) matching strata by chemical composition and color from several sites across distances.
B) correlating stratigraphic markers in one location.
C) matching stratigraphy from known sites only.
D) dating through the use of a chronometric method.
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A) chronometric
B) nonrelative
C) chemical
D) genetic
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A) divisions in geologic time divided into periods and epochs.
B) a fictitious time frame.
C) divisions of time based on cultural standards, as in "Stone Age."
D) representations of time frames for certain fossil species.
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A) sedimentary rock
B) shell
C) bone
D) igneous rock
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A) strata, stratigraphy, and striations.
B) Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene.
C) Early, Middle, and Upper Miocene.
D) Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic.
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A) weather
B) sea levels
C) temperature
D) isotopes
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A) ceramics.
B) bones and teeth.
C) shells.
D) trilobite evolution.
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A) bones and teeth
B) ceramics
C) shell
D) wood objects
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