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If you found two fossils in two different layers of sedimentary rock stacked on each other, how would you know which is older?

If you found two fossils in two different layers of sedimentary rock stacked on each other, how would you know which is older?
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If you found two fossils in two different layers of sedimentary rock stacked on each other, how would you know which is older?

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The lower the fossil the older it is.

So, if two fossils were in different layers of sedimentary rock, the lowest fossil is older.
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