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. Explain the dating methods used in palaeoanthropology.
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Dating methods are essential in palaeoanthropology because they help determine the age of fossils, archaeological remains, and geological deposits associated with human evolution. Establishing an accurate chronological framework enables researchers to understand when different hominins lived, evolved, migrated, and interacted with their environments. Dating methods are broadly divided into relative and absolute methods. Relative dating methods determine whether a fossil or archaeological object is older or younger than another without providing an exact numerical age. Stratigraphy is one of the most important relative methods. It is based on the principle that, in undisturbed geological deposits, lower layers are generally older than the layers above them. Fossils found in deeper strata can therefore be
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