How Do We Know the Earth is Old? (Infographic)

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July 15, 2012 Tags: Earth, Universe & Time

Today's entry was written by the BioLogos Editorial Team. You can read more about what BioLogos believes here.

Note: The BioLogos Forum is pleased to present this infographic about the tools scientists use to determine the age of the Earth. The graphic, titled "How Do We Know the Earth is Old?" uses data from the National Center for Science Education, Tufts University, Tulane University, and numerous other sources, and was compiled and summarized by Dr. Gregg Davidson, Professor in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of Mississippi. We are extremely grateful for Dr. Davidson's help. For details on the source material go here. We encourage you to share the graphic with anyone and everyone, but please be sure to link back to this post as its source!

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