Explain why both relative dating and absolute dating are necessary to develop the fossil record.

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Explain why both relative dating and absolute dating are necessary to develop the fossil record.

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Nichols · Answer 1

Absolute dating method, or also known as the numerical dating, is the method of determining the specific date or range date for an artifact in number of years; whereas, relative dating method is the technique used to arrange the geological events in a sequence. Relative dating method does not give the specific dates. And these two methods are very important when determining the age and characteristic of a certain fossil.