anthropology answer 2 questions
Explanation of Relative Dating (video clip). Watch the introduction to the concept of relative dating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=532&v=7qBjGtlXnD4&feature=emb_title
Explanation of Absolute Dating (video clip). Watch the three dating methods–dendrochronology, radiocarbon dating, and thermoluminescence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=535&v=kQZ4b36zwUM&feature=emb_title
On Beta-Analytic Carbon Dating Laboratory website, Read the information under the links titled “About Radiocarbon Dating” and “Bomb Carbon.”
1) Why is it useful to researchers to have a range of dating techniques available?
2) Which of the dating techniques described in the text and websites are most useful for the study of human evolution, and why? Keep in mind that the time period for human evolution extends back 5 million years, with our species, Homo sapiens emerging about 200,000 years ago.
