We Can Expect That Continual Advances in Dating Methods Will

question 16

Multiple Choice

We can expect that continual advances in dating methods will

• A) permit a greater understanding of the chronology of the past.
• B) confuse scholars and lead to disputes among the academic community.
• C) help create new paradigms and new ways of understanding the past.
• D) permit a greater understanding of the chronology of the past, and create new paradigms and new ways of understanding the past.

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