Understanding Fossils

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I chose the topic, Geology: Understanding Fossils. I’ve always been fascinated by fossils and where they came from, what we can gain/learn from them. My source for research is below, used via Google Scholar. Fossils - why are they important? This is a great question that a lot of people should be well-informed with. In the mission to seek out and discover fossils, we learn a lot about why this is important and where it all started. In the book, “Discovering Fossils: How to Find and Identify Remains of the Prehistoric Past”, I learned a lot about why this discovery was important and what the motivation was that led to the discovery of fossils. First, we know that the earliest of all fossil discoveries occurred in Australia, where microscopic

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