Fossil Evidence For Evolution
| When it comes to evolution, nothing provides better evidence than fossils. Fossil evidence for evolution has not been given that much importance by many scientists who feel that there is sufficient evidences available without studying fossils.More...
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How Are Fossils Formed ?
Fossils are important evidence that most paleontologists and anthropologists present when trying to prove how evolution took place millions of years. As a fossil enthusiast, it is important for you to know how fossils are formed. You should also know that most animals when they die do not fossilize. They simply decay away.
How are fossils formed? Well, fossils are basically hard mineral parts of animals, insects or plants, and mostly consist of bones and teeth. They are formed in the following manner:
When animals die, some of the bodies get buried without having an option to decay completely. If an animal carcass decays completely, it cannot turn into a fossil. Over a period of time, the half decayed body gets buried further as more and more mud, sand etc covers it. The hard parts of the carcass gradually get enveloped by the mud or sand and a slow chemical process begins wherein the bones start decaying and the where the bones were originally present get filled with minerals. More...
Most Common Fossil
Many people world over have found fossils every where, even in their backyard! What many people do not know is that fossils are actually two types -- one is where the body parts get fossilized and these can be bones, teeth, skin, eggs or embryos; while the other are fossilized molds or casts of things like footprints or teeth marks.
If you are an amateur fossil hunter, you should know which is the most common fossil. The most common fossil found across the world is a bone fossil. However, in certain parts of the world, the most common fossils are plant parts or marine life like bivalves. Therefore, figuring out which is the most common fossil in the world can be difficult as it all depends on which area or region you are looking at. More...
We Use Fossil Fuel For
We use fossil fuel for so many things. In fact, fossil fuel has been used ever since cavemen found out that they could warm themselves by burning peat; Egyptians were known to use a derivative of petroleum for the mummification process. And today, we use fossil fuel for nearly everything.
Fossil fuel touches our day-to-day lives like nothing else and we go about using it without paying any attention. Our engines would not work without fossil fuel, we would not have plastics, medicines or paints without fossil fuel and we definitely would not be able to grow our food without fossil fuel as it is used in making of fertilizers. More...
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Many dinosaur fossils have been found in England. The earliest known dinosaur fossil in England was discovered in 1676 by Reverend Plot, who found a femur. On discovering his archaeological find, Reverend Plot concluded that it was that of a giant. 