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Fossils

This category is for questions about the bones, fragments, imprints, and other remainders from a different time. The questions and answer you will find here are history set in stone -- our past, immortalized in solid rock. You will also be able to find questions pertaining to the locations of these fossils, how you might identify them, and how they were formed.

3,454 Questions

Why would you expect to find human fossils and dinosaur fossils together in rocks dated similarly?

The only time you would find human and dinosaur fossils in similarly dated rocks would be if the dinosaur fossils had been re-worked. That is, if the fossils had been weathered out of their original rock and re-deposited in more recent sediments containing the remains of humans.

Of course, there is the possibility that humans and dinosaurs co-existed. Although not highly publicized, paleontologist Mary Higby Schweitzer discovered soft tissue and blood cells in a T-Rex fossil that really should not be there, if the fossil is really 70-million years old.

There is no way to definitively prove, or disprove as yet, whether the soft tissue, collagen, found inside the T. rex bone was in fact a remnant from its original owner, or something that came after. There is not an argument that humans and dinosaurs ever existed together, except in certain American religious sects, as the recent evolution of humans is well documented and has no correlation with dinosaurs, and vice-versa.

Where do you find a mirage Pokemon?

Mayb u don't know what a mirage Pokemon is....Pokemon like Rayquiza,Dialga,Lugia and Mewtwo r mirage pkmn,so mayb u know u can get at least 1 of them?

Carbon 14 dating technique can be used to date the most ancient rocks on Earth. True or False?

False. The half life of Carbon 14, which is a radioactive isotope and unstable, is only 5,730 years. Carbon 14 dating techniques are only useful up to 60,000 years and therefore are mainly used by archaeologists and not very much by geologists.

At what age do you retire from being a nutritionist?

There is no mandatory retirement age for nutritionists. Many nutritionists continue to work well into their later years, as long as they are physically and mentally able to do so. It ultimately depends on the individual's health, preferences, and financial situation.

What number state is New Hampshire?

new hampshire is the nineth colonie and its state hood was in june21,1788

Does correlation prove causality?

No. If Factor X is correlated to Factor Y then you can use one as a predictor of the other, but you should never assume that one causes the other (it may, but correlation alone doesn't prove it).

Consider the correlation between proximity to a swampland and chances of contracting malaria. Do swamplands cause malaria? No. Malaria is propagated via mosquitoes which of course love to live in swamplands. So your proximity to a swampland is a useful predictor of your chances of contracting malaria, but doesn't cause it.

How do I find where a rug was made?

== == Be getting an appraisal from a reputable person, or company. like Passion of Persia

Why are humans not index fossils?

Humans are not index fossils because human remains are only found in very recent unlithified deposits up to the present, which we would usually already know to be very recent.

What are the effect's of burning fossil fuels?

Petrol is a fossil fuel, and when we use it in our cars, it releases carbon dioxide which is a powerful greenhouse gas. This extra CO2, which has been stored underground for millions of years, is too much for the normal greenhouse effect to manage, so the CO2 is capturing more of the sun's heat This is the main cause of global warming.

By burning fossil fuels, we are releasing Carbon dioxide into the air. Because so many people are using them, we are creating excess carbon dioxide is slowly warming up our planet hence the term Global Warming. To prevent global warming, we are encouraged to use more renewable sources of energy. Also, fossil fuels will soon run out if we are not careful with our usage.

Can you find fossils in the soil?

This is extremely unlikely, as the processes which break down rocks to produce soil would destroy the fossil (which is also rock).

What are index and what do geologists learn from them?

Index fossils are very important to geologists because they identify geological. The fossil snail is a particularly difficult animal to study.

How is amber jewelry made commonly?

Amber jewelry is commonly made from fossilized tree resin. It is usually made into jewelry much like other precious stones are, in that they are put into settings on rings or necklaces.

Where can one get cheap Fossil watches?

Someone looking for cheap Fossil watches could get one at the Fossil website. Some other places that carry Fossil watches would be Amazon, Overstock and Sears.

How is the theory of evolution supported by fossil evidence?

When we examine the fossil record we see that the Earth has not always had the same living organisms living on it that it has today, but rather, there have been many changes, some gradual and some abrupt, over the past few billion years, and those changes show progressive alterations of exactly the kind that evolution would be expected to produce. The fossil record tells us that yes, life has evolved.

Where are the oldest fossil located?

The worlds oldest fossils were found in an ancient beach in Austrila, they are 3.4 billion years old and are fossils of cells. They have no bones and are mineralized spheres.

What is the oldest chair to ever have been found?

This is subject to some debate. The oldest 'coronation chair' is the Stone of Scone, alternatively referred to as the Coronation Chair, the Stone of Destiny, and the Stone of Jacob. Legend places the origin in Biblical times (Stone of Jacob, taken by Jacob whilst in Haran)

Why are fossils so rare in igneous or highly metamorphosed rock?

Probably because both igneous and metamorphic rocks are formed by means other that don't allow for fossils to be preserved.For example, igneous rocks iare made of cooled magma and the only way a fossil would emerge would be through falling into the magma and not melting.

How are fossils dated and how does this relate to phylogenetic trees?

There are many different methods of dating fossils including their geological stratum and carbon dating. Phylogenetic trees are dated by their geological stratum because they have something called the COI gene that shows they have roots from a long time ago.