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  1. Dating the Past
    1. Relative Dating Methods
      1. Stratigraphy
      2. Other Relative Dating Methods
    2. Chronometric Dating Methods
      1. Carbon-14 Dating
      2. Argon Dating
      3. Other Chronometric Dating Methods
        1. Dendrochronology
        2. Fission-track dating
        3. Thermoluminescence
        4. Electron spin resonance
        5. Taphonomy
        6. Paleoecology

  2. Reconstructing the Past
    1. Interpreting Fossils
      1. Identifying Species
      2. Variation within Species
    2. Interpreting Behavior
      1. Experimental Archaeology
      2. Nonhuman Models for Behavior

  3. Life Before the Primates
    1. The Origin of Life
    2. Vertebrate Evolution
      1. The Paleozoic Era
      2. The Mesozoic Era
      3. The Cenozoic Era

  4. Summary


  5. Supplemental Readings


  6. Virtual Explorations
Special Topic: A Perspective on Geologic Time





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