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people looks for fossils because they want to study more about them or they want to find a story about that animals life.

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How do scientists date fossils and artifacts?

Dating fossils and artifacts are easy. Scientist can look and tell how old the fossils by how many layers is under it.


Can you find fossils in your backyard?

If you're lucky, and the geology is right, you sure can. You're looking for sedimentary rock, like limestone, although interesting fossils can also be found in sands and gravels exposed by running water. Most people are not lucky enough to have fossils literally in their backyards, but fossils are common enough that one would suspect that most people are living within reasonable driving distance of a good locality. Even volcanic islands like Hawaii can have fossils. Fossils can even be found in large cities; look for excavation sites, armor stone along rivers, or the stone used in buildings.


How did fossil affect what people thought about creature on Earth?

Fossils affect how people think about ancient creatures of Earth. The fossils show animals that people did not previously know existed.


What are fossils are used for?

Animals or people in the pastPlants can also produce fossils; the general answer is, fossils are the remains of ancient organisms.They are dead plants and animals thathave been traped for millions of years. Humans are animals too.


Why is the seaside a good place to look for fossils?

The seaside is a good place to look for fossils because it often contains exposed layers of sedimentary rock that are rich in fossils. The constant erosion from the waves can also help to uncover new fossils that may have been buried. Additionally, marine environments are known to have a high abundance and diversity of fossilized marine organisms.

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Why are fossils kept in a glass box in a museum?

The grass box allows people to look at the fossils but not to touch them.


Why are fossils kept in a glass box in the museum?

The grass box allows people to look at the fossils but not to touch them.


Why do people like fossils?

Because they like how they look and like to collect them.


How do people make fossils?

People don't make fossils. Fossils are remains of or the impressions of organisms which were once alive. You can find fossils if you look at the right rocks, you can split the right rock and see the fossils inside. You can also clean pieces of rock from around the fossil to show more detail, but you don't make them.


What does palaeontologist look for in the rocks?

fossils


Why do people want to know about fossils?

People want to know about fossils because fossils are history and tell us about history, and a lot of people find history fascinating.


How do people look for fossils?

It is just an expression to refer to an elderly person as a fossil. People don't actually look like a fossil...even though there are tons of fossils, it would still be hard to find one that looks like a human! A similar expression is to refer to a technically backward person as a dinosaur.


What does a paeontologis do?

they dig up and look for fossils.


What is meant by paeleontology?

study of fossils and dinosaurs


What does a astrodons fossil look like?

what does trace fossils look like


Where do you look for fossils?

EVERYWHERE!Fossils are everywhere.What did you think,dinosaurs only were in Floroda?No.They were everywhere creating fossils. (I advise u go to the beach)


What does a paleontologist look for in rocks?

fossils or maybe footprints