Question 47

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Analyze the figure below. If a d ¹³C isotope analysis was performed on an unknown geological sample of sedimentary graphite and determined a negative d ¹³C % value, would it be determined that life had existed in that sample or not, and why?
Analyze the figure below. If a d ¹³C isotope analysis was performed on an unknown geological sample of sedimentary graphite and determined a negative d ¹³C % value, would it be determined that life had existed in that sample or not, and why?

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Life could have existed in the sample. A...

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