• Question: when you discover these fossils and test them what kind of things do you look for do you have to date the bone and if so how do you do that...?

    Asked by batsonious to Duncan on 15 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
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      Duncan Murdock answered on 15 Mar 2010:

      Dating fossils is very important, but fortunately for me the rocks I get mine from have already been dated by other people. I’m looking to find out how the fossils grew, I do this by x-raying them in a big machine called a synchrotron. This shows me the insides of the fossil and all the of layers that built up as it grew.

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