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How is the law or 'principle' of superposition used in fossil dating?

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Superposition is the principle that states that, in undisturbed strata, newer layers will be deposited over older layers; thus, in a core sample, those samples of earth and rock nearest the surface will be newer in age than those beneath them.
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