Integrated Science
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ISBN: 9780077862602
Author: Tillery, Bill W.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill,
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Chapter 22.5, Problem 8SC
Some of the oldest fossils are about how many years old?
- a. 4.55 billion
- b. 3.5 billion
- c. 250 million
- d. 10,000
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