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Biostratigraphy: Using Fossils for Dating and Correlation
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What is the primary principle underlying biostratigraphy?
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Fossils evolve over time, and their presence or absence can be used to determine the relative age of rocks.
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Biostratigraphy relies on the principle that fossils evolve over time, and the presence or absence of specific fossils in a rock layer can be used to determine the relative age of that layer compared to other layers.