What does living fossils mean?

Anonymous

∙ 12y ago

Updated: 11/11/2022

An animal that lives on earth now but which has existed for such a long time that fossils of it are also known. Examples are:-

The Coelacanth.

The Horse Shoe Crab.

The Ginkgo biloba

The Elephant shrew

The Trapdoor spider

The Echidna

The Crocodile

(there are more)

Cullen Fay ∙

Lvl 13

∙ 3y ago

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What does fingerprinting fossils mean?

It means to categorize fossils

Two kinds of bones?

living and fossils

Are crocodiles fossils?

Crocodiles could be considered to be "living fossils" as they have survived on Earth from the time of the dinosaurs.

What do fossils tell scientists about living things?

Fossils reveal what organisms lived before us.

Why are fossils so important to archaeologists?

Archaeologists use fossils to scan the way of living of the past people.

Why are fossils important scientists?

In simplest terms, fossils show what living things were like long ago.

Do fossils relate to living organisms?

No. Fossils are chemicals like stone that have replaced organisms after they die.

Are there any living fossils in the world?

go research it

What group of rocks come from living things?

Fossils!

Solidified remains of once-living organisms?

Fossils

What fish were examples of living fossils?

tuna and salmon

Which country is called a land of living fossils?

Madagascar