A fossil is found in a layer of strata above one layer dated at 2 million years. From this we can deduce the age of the fossil to be
A) we can tell nothing about the fossil's age from this data
B) younger than 2 million years
C) between 2 and 3 million years old
D) older than 3 million years
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