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A scientist finds burned wood in a fire pit of an ancient home. He also finds an ax made of rock. How could the scientist estimate when the ax was made?
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A scientist finds burned wood in a fire pit of an ancient home. He also finds an ax made of rock. How could the scientist estimate when the ax was made?

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Radiometric dating

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The scientist can use radiometric dating to find out when the ax was made. Radiometric dating is a method of dating geological/ archeological items, by determining the relative age of particular radioactive elements present in the sample.

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