Essay On Fossils

“You have to know the past to understand the present.” Many people in everyday situations can relate to this quote by Carl Sagan, such as how you must know what water is to understand why there are hydroelectric dams. In the greater aspect of human existence though, the quote is said to hold even more certainty, because in all truth, the superannuated objects and organisms that archaeologists dig up is what has given the human race even a chance in coming to understand why this particular species is able to dominate all seven continents along with the water between them. What are these past remnants of truth called? People are often times under the fallacy that fossils are bones, though if research was limited to these, then little progress would be made. Fossils include anything and everything that is found, because looking a step deeper into evolution, it’s not always about what an organism that once lived looked like, but about what their life was like, day-to-day surviving in the immemorial past.

They started by digging— some accidental and some providential discoveries. After hearing the theory of evolution by Charles Darwin, many were prompted to follow the lead …show more content…
Coming to understand human evolution has shed so much more light, on not only our own race, but the life around us too. Despite how much was about human fossils, other species have evolved right by our side the whole time. What may be even more difficult to grasp, is that somewhere along the line, you beat them in the genetic race of adaptability. Thank goodness we prevailed too, because this has become one of our best attributes— adaptability. From brain size to hair length, the human species contrasts the whole animal kingdom in almost every aspect, and it was inside us that made it happen— the genes that slowly evolved, giving us love, culture, and the ability for one to write an essay or read it