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How do you study the fossil record to explain the history of life on earth?
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∙ 13y ago
Well, by using a method known as carbon dating, archaelogists are able to trace an artifact back to get an estimate on how old ity is. For example, archaelogist recently found 11000 year old fishing equipment in California. With this information, you can conclude that human life has been in the Americas for at least 11000 years, logically, you can assume, knowing that human kind migrated over the once frozen bering staight between Russia and Alaska, you know that they didn't have any transportation except for walking. Then they had to somehow get to the California shore, settle down and invent the fishing equipment adaquet for the waters of California. So you can probably confirm with those facts that human kind has been in America for at least 1100-12000 years and most people believe it has been longer. You can apply this knowledge to fossils of animals and plants too, and ponder the effects that said animal would have had on nature.
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What does the lack of a fossil record for some of the earth's history mean to scientists?
that the fossil are oder then what we think
What is a measurement of the earth history divided into time period?
fossil record geologic time scale
What does the fossil record about the evolution of life on Earth?
years
How do you estimate the age of the Earth using fossil record?
Cannot be done as the Earth is much older than the oldest fossils.
What is the most characteristic feature of sedimentary rocks that is used to interpret earth's history?
Fossil Content.
What does the rock and fossil record represents?
The history of the Earth and the history of life on Earth.
What does the lack of a fossil record for some of the earth's history mean to scientists?
that the fossil are oder then what we think
What is a measurement of the Earth history divided into time periods?
fossil record geologic time scale
What is a measurement of the Earth's history divided into time period?
fossil record geologic time scale
What is a measurement of the earth history divided into time period?
fossil record geologic time scale
What is a measurement of the earth's history divided into time periods?
fossil record geologic time scale
What is a measureement of the earth's history divided into time periods?
fossil record geologic time scale
What is a measurements of earth's history divided into time periods?
fossil record geologic time scale
What are two things the paleontologists can learn from fossils?
1. When that animal/plant lived. 2.What killed that animal/plant.
What are two things that scientists learn from the fossils record?
The fossil record provides evidence about the history of life and past environment on earth. The fossil record also shows that different groups of organism have changed over time.
What is a record fossil?
A fossil record is a historical sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of Earth's crust.
Evaluate the impact of increased understanding of the fossil record on the development of ideas about the history of life on earth?
Over the last hundred years, the fossil record has assisted in changing the understanding of the development of life on Earth to include a widespread acceptance of the scientific explanation of the evolution of living things.
