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How did radiometric dating affect scientists’ predictions of how old earth is?

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As the uranium in rocks decays, it emits subatomic particles and turns into lead at a constant rate. Measuring the uranium-to-lead ratios in the oldest rocks on Earth gave scientists an estimated age of the planet of 4.6 billion years.

Simple Geology really.

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