Fossil

things they would find that could possible conclude cavemen actually existed. Findings of fossils have contributed to great discoveries among species. One unique fossil found was the Neanderthal. This fossil is considering the early human life formation, with having some traits of Homo sapiens species now. Upon being found in Germany around 1856 no one had ever seen anything in this nature. This particular fossil had a different look that stood out, such as low sloppily forehead, an oval shaped…

Ichthyosaurs, or fish-lizards, are fish-shaped reptiles that lived in our oceans 160 million years ago, during the Jurassic period. Paleontologists discovered the first fossils in the early 1800s, far before dinosaurs were ever discovered. This genus evolved from animals that lived on land. They had more than eighty different species in their genus. One species of the ichthyosaurs is the Ophthalmosaurus. As an adult, this creature was two times the size of a human with a tooth filled snout.…

aspects. Because of this, Badlands national park has been considered the birthplace of vertebrate paleontology. (nature.nps.gov) Paleontology, which is the study of ancient life, focuses on, but is not exclusively to, the study of fossils. (US parks) Despite this, fossils are the primary sources that scientists use to analyze…

Relative dating and radiometric dating are two different things used for the same purpose. This purpose is to determine the age of fossils and other geological features. Radiometric uses radioactivity while relative uses location of the fossil or feature in rock layers. Although radiometric is more accurate than relative, relative dating is easier, quicker, and is the oldest way. These two ways are some of the common ways but not the only ways. There are also methods like carbon dating and…

alone. This humble nation that I live in relies so heavily on fossil fuels to survive. Almost every product that we use in our lives today depends on it, especially the ones that matter the most like our cars and electricity. Without this seemingly abundance source of raw power, the society would not be able to function. I sympathize with everyone who has to use fossil fuels in their everyday lives. Not only is there finite amount of fossil fuels that are on earth, but it also has hazardous…

individual part of the eye would not be able to see (Behe, 2000, A Series of Eyes, para. 6). The gaps in the fossil record, is another argument proposed by Intelligent Design theorists, meaning that there are missing transitional fossils from one species to another. They explain that the gaps in the fossil record are from God creating a new species though out time and that the dispersal of these fossils are from a great flood. The discovery of Toumai, said to be the one of the assessorial links…

did a carbon date test came up with a time frame of how old the fossil was, turned the fossil over did another carbon date test and came up with a totally different time that wasn’t anywhere near the other time frame. They also performed DNA test on all the fossils and found different species in the mix, one fossil was of a baboon, they later admitted to finding that fossil miles down the road and fabricating it to fit the other fossils. This news never hit main stream media, and this is…

Even though creationism is clearly supported, there are a lot of people in the scientific community and in society that are strongly opposed to the beliefs of creationists. Evolutionists have gained great support from the government over time and have convinced the courts that creationism shows favoritism towards a religion. Evolutionists argue that the Establishment Clause in the 1st amendment should prevent the government to show favor to any specific religion (“Creationism”, 2015). This is…

evolutionary process to natural and sexual selection alone. They might have thought there were still some weak points in his theory that made it incomplete, and that natural selection as it was, would not account for the animal diversity discovered in fossils…

tools, especially where calcareous fossils are absent or poorly preserved. While diatoms were common both in marine and non-marine paleoenvironment, diatom-based biostratigraphy is widely used in the marine stratigraphic record. Multiple Deep Sea Drilling Projects (DSDPs) made the core samples available from Antarctic, Equatorial Pacific, and High Latitude North Pacific region. The earliest known fossil diatoms are from Lower Cretaceous in age, although fossil record is limited. Diatoms might…