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in 1650, an individual calculated that the earth was about 6,000 years old. what has happened to scientists’ estimates of the earth’s age since then? scientists now think the earth is much older. scientist now are less sure about the earth’s age. scientists agree with the estimate from 1650. scientists now think the earth is much younger.
Modern scientific evidence, such as radiometric dating of rocks and meteorites, has confirmed that the Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old, which is vastly older than the 6,000-year estimate from 1650.
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A. Scientists now think the earth is much older.