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. potassium-argon
B. fluorine absorption analysis
C. carbon-14
D. electron spin resonance
E. thermoluminescence
Answer: B
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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What will be an ideal response?
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