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A fossil can reveal information about extinct animals such as where the animal lived, how long ago the animal lived, what kinds of foods the animal ate, and how the animal had adapted over time for survival.
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∙ 13y agoFossils mainly give an idea of the skeletal system of an extinct animal but well preserved ones can also have traces of the intestine and other organs.Depending on the body type we can then ascertain how it used to eat run and attack etc.
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∙ 14y agoNo, it can be fossilised alive but once it becomes a fossil it is of coarse dead.
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∙ 12y agono, but it can tell scientist if the species has adapted over time, or if it is a extinct animal.
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∙ 7y agoFossils are the remains of a once living thing, bones, seeds or even footprints. Such a preserved specimen is called a fossil if its age is in excess of 10,000 years
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∙ 13y agoIt can help by there Anatomical structure
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What do fossils tell us about Kansas geologic past?
they tell us that past animals were once on and lived in kansas. they tell us that past animals were once on and lived in kansas.
Why are fossils so important?
Fossils are important to the humans because they help us learn about animals that are extinct (like dinosours). They can also help us with many clues as to how dinosours became extinct, and what they looked like.
What are 2 ways in which fossils help us?
they show us what our ancestors did or if we've evolved and we looked different then, they show us what we had back then, sometimes what happened back then, we can see how old certain items are to see when it was used etc.
How are fossils used in determining the age of the Earth?
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What do fossils allow us to understand?
fossils teach use about our planets past they allow us to see into the past ( almost likea window). the how us what sort of plants and animals where livng hundrends of years ago. fossils can also can even show use about climate and its change over millions of years.
What fossils can't tell us?
Fossils cant tell us the colour of the animal or plant which is fossilised fossils cant tell us the future of the year of 2013 whichwe both no is not gonna happen or u can go with her or his answer
What can fossils tell us about the future?
Fossils can tell us the climate and change in the future....
What do the fossilized tracks tell you about the reptiles that once lived in the canyons?
Well, the tracks are examples of trace fossils. Trace fossils are not fossils in the traditional sense. Instead, they are fossils of something other than the animal or plant's form, like a animal track or burrow, that tells us an animal has been there.
What do the fossilized tracks tell you about reptiles that once lived in the canyon?
Well, the tracks are examples of trace fossils. Trace fossils are not fossils in the traditional sense. Instead, they are fossils of something other than the animal or plant's form, like a animal track or burrow, that tells us an animal has been there.
What do fossilized tracks tell you about the reptiles that once lived in the canyon?
Well, the tracks are examples of trace fossils. Trace fossils are not fossils in the traditional sense. Instead, they are fossils of something other than the animal or plant's form, like a animal track or burrow, that tells us an animal has been there.
What is the mechanism for determining evolution of life?
The mechanism for determining evolution of life were fossils, egg, scales and footprints. Most of the knowledge comes from fossils. They tell us about the shape and size of that animal.
How the fossils can give us information about their specie?
the fossils can tell you their environment by where they are at and can tell you their physical features by how its shaped
What type of clues can fossils provide about earths history?
Fossils help us learn about the past, like if a fish fossil was in your backyard, then your backyard was covered with water. They also help us with the fossils where the setting was then, and what animals lived there.
How do fossils help us tell the story of life?
fossils tell you their life because there is a shape inside and where you found it
What can fossils tell us about the movement of the plates in the past?
It can tell us how old they are and how and where they moved in the past .
What can fossils tell us about movements of the plates in the past?
It can tell us how old they are and how and where they moved in the past .
What can fossils tell us about stegosaurus?
how big they were and how they lived
