Question

If you were digging for fossils and found one near the top of the earth and another further down, which one do you think would be older and why?

Answer 1

It is based on the Law of Superposition which states that in undisturbed rock sequences the bottom layers are older than the top layers. Therefore, some discovered fossils are able to be dated according to the strata, a distinct layer of rock, that they are found in.