In each of the following, the statement is true. Choose the appropriate answer.
-Radioactive dating shows that the age of the oldest wood in living bristle cone pines exceeds 4,200 years.
A) The statement supports the theory of evolution.
B) The statement refutes the theory of evolution.
C) The statement neither supports nor refutes biological evolution.

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The statement about the age of the oldest wood in living bristlecone pines, determined through radioactive dating, does not directly relate to the theory of biological evolution, which concerns the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

In Each of the Following, the Statement Is True