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how old do paleontologists believe the earth is?
2015 years old
3.6 billion years old
4.6 billion years old
4.6 million years old
Brief Explanations
Paleontologists and Earth scientists use radiometric dating of the oldest terrestrial and extraterrestrial rocks (like meteorites) to determine Earth's age, which has been consistently calculated to around 4.6 billion years.
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C. 4.6 billion years old