Final answer:
Absolute dating techniques, such as radiometric dating, are not completely error-free and always include a margin of error. They provide the closest estimation rather than an exact year without any uncertainty.
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement "Absolute dating techniques provide exact year dates with no range of error" is false. Absolute dating methods, such as radiometric dating, do give us the closest estimation to the exact year an event took place, or an organism lived but still have an inherent margin of error.
This error can be as small as a few years in some cases, such as tree-ring dating (dendrochronology), but can also be thousands or millions of years, depending on the period and the method used. For example, carbon-14 dating is generally used for items that are up to about 50,000 years old and comes with a certain error range that is typically mentioned alongside the estimated date.
Although absolute dating methods are incredibly effective and the most accurate tools we have for dating materials, they are not perfect. Thus, while they can provide a highly detailed timeframe, they always accompany a degree of uncertainty or error margin that scientists must consider.