Mungo Man and Mungo Woman
What was the discoverd at Lake Mungo?
The remains of a man and a woman.
What is relative dating used for?
It is a method used to tell whether something is older or younger than something else.
What is absolute dating used for?
A method used to assess the age of something.
What does the "T" in the Texas paragraph writing stand for?
Topic Sentence
Which dating method was used FIRST
stratigraphy OR carbon 14
stratigraphy
What was the difference between the discovery of Mungo Man and Mungo Woman?
The man's bones were intact and the woman's bones were fragmented suggesting a cremation.
The strata layers are the the layers of the _______
Earth
How can tree ring dating show the age of a tree?
By couting the rings
What does the "E" stand for in the Texas paragraph writing?
Expand
Carbon 14 dating was invented in 1946CE
Would this be BEFORE the year 0 or AFTER
after
What State is Lake Mungo in?
New South Wales
What would be a limitation to relative dating?
Does not give the absolute age of something.
What is another word for "tree ring dating"?
Dendrochronology
What does the "X" stand for in the Texas paragraph writing?
Example
Which event came first?
bone needles dated- 38,000BCE
hafted axe dated - 36000BCE
38,000BCE
About 50,000 years ago, Lake Mungo held a huge volume of________________
water
The more fluorine, the ____________ the bone
older the bone
C-14 is also know as...
Radiocarbon
What does the "A" stand for in the Texas paragraph writing?
Analyse
What does BCE stand for?
Before Common Era
Why is Lake Mungo classified as a World Heritage Site?
Because of the cultural significance and including the discovery of the world's oldest ritual cremation and because of the home of the oldest human remains found in Australia.
How can Fluorine dating help tell if some bones are older or younger than other bones?
The longer the bones lie in the Earth, the more fluorine they contain.
How can radiocarbon dating help tell the age of something?
This chemical process stops when a human, plant, or animal dies, by working out how much remains, scientist can work out the age.
What does the "S" stand for in the "Texas" paragraph writing ?
Summary
What does CE stand for?
Common Era