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What is one of the greatest challanges archaeologists face when examining a fossil?
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∙ 12y ago
The answer is probably either digging them up, figuring out their age, or figuring out what animal they belong to. If I chose between those 3 answers I would choose 'figuring out what animal they belong to' because digging is hard, but they have tools to help them out, and because for figuring out their age, you just have to use their special program on their computer to analyze, while figuring out the animal is super hard. I have no idea if I am wrong or right. Sorry if I am wrong.
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∙ 12y ago
One of the greatest challenges archaeologists face when examining a fossil is the incomplete preservation of the fossil itself. Fossils are often fragmented or distorted over time, making it difficult to accurately reconstruct the complete anatomy or understand the original context of the organism. Additionally, the fossil record is inherently incomplete, with many organisms not being preserved at all, leading to gaps in our understanding of the history of life on Earth.
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Paleoanthropologists, forensic anthropologists, and sometimes archaeologists.
The fossil fuel found in greatest abundance in Virginia is?
coal
What are geologists able to tell archaeologists about fossils?
How do archaeologists date fossils ? archaeologist can date fossills by seeingf how deep down it is in the ground [ checking how many layers ] , scientists can use radio-active dating, and compare a fossil that they know the exact date that it was from compare the looks and tell by that
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Examining osteological of digit versus palm hand postures helps to identify cercopithecoid fossils. Paleontologists examine these ape hand fossils to determine how apes have evolved.
What can geologist learn from fossils?
Where the fossil was from,what the fossil was,and how old the fossil is.
What was the ONE fossil you focused on examining in the lab?
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How do you determine the evolutionary relationships among species?
examining the fossil records.
What is the study of fossil record of human evolution?
Paleoanthropologists, forensic anthropologists, and sometimes archaeologists.
What info can be gained for using unwritten records?
Archaeologists can find the exact time and place were the artifact or fossil can be found.
What are some specialists that study prehistory?
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The fossil fuel found in the greatest abundance?
Coal.
Fossil fuel with the greatest known reserves?
coal
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coal
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Global warming.
The fossil fuel found in greatest abundance in Virginia is?
coal
What fossil fuel is used to produce the greatest amount of energy in the world?
Coal accounts for most of the (electrical) energy provided by fossil fuels globally.
What are geologists able to tell archaeologists about fossils?
How do archaeologists date fossils ? archaeologist can date fossills by seeingf how deep down it is in the ground [ checking how many layers ] , scientists can use radio-active dating, and compare a fossil that they know the exact date that it was from compare the looks and tell by that
