The so-called Piltdown man was once considered an unusual and perplexing human ancestor, but it turned out to be the jaw of a young orangutan attached to a Homo sapiens skull. What dating technique exposed the Piltdown fraud?
A. fluorine absorption analysis
B. potassium-argon
C. carbon-14
D. electron spin resonance
E. thermoluminescence
Answer: A
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