Fossil

Fossils are a large part of discovering about the past, but to understand how fossils change over time, genes also need to be investigated. These investigations are just as important as the fossils, because of how DNA can be tested through the use of embryos. During Shubin’s expeditions into the Artic, one researcher, Randy Dahn, was experimenting with the embryos of sharks and skates. He would use various chemicals on the embryos, and examine the results to see what changes that the chemicals…

Fossils are considered essential for the study of biological evolution because they are important in creating a time frame for once living organisms. They are the only specimen that provide us with direct physical evidence of the existence of past life as well as showing us the proof of evolution through the changes of each fossil’s skeletal structure. Sometimes interpreting the sequence of evolution within a living creature is difficult as the full range of fossils may not have been found,…

The Significance of Fossils in Greek Mythology Archaeologists believe that the Greeks used uncovered prehistoric fossils as the foundation for their Greek myths. Therefore, it is reasonable that the Deinotherium Giganteum’s bones found in Crete influenced the story of the cyclops. The idea of animal species impacting Greek literature is logical because Greeks received limited and biased education; in result, people were then given little to no factual information about the natural world. This…

More than 527 dinosaur genera have been discovered up to date, but how many of these fossils have been traded in the black market? There is no way to track how many have been traded, smuggled, or seized, or how many will continue to be traded in the black market. Although some may argue that people who are not paleontologists should be able to dig up these hidden treasures, the cons outweigh the pros, making the subject very controversial. For instance, a con would be how “…Overzealous…

There are many reasons why fossils are considered essential for the study of biological evolution. One reason is that fossils are the remains of an organism that was once living at one point or another. Fossils provide exact evidence of animals that are extinct and are able to trace them to the evolution of living organisms. Fossils are essential for evolution because they show how species evolved from a "simple" type of species to a more "complex" species. They are essential for the study of…

The topic of energy I chose to do my paper on was fossil fuels and their impact. For those of you who may not know what fossil fuels are they are formed by natural processes. They are hydrocarbons generally coal, fuel oil which come from dead organisms like plants and animals. These fuels became well recognized and in use following the 18th century’s industrial revolution. Since then we’ve seen the fossil fuels used more and more. Fossil fuels are classified as organic matter. The utilization of…

Fossil remains of Homo erectus, an extinct species of early humans, were first discovered in 1891 by the Dutch physician Eugene Dubois near the village of Trinil, along the Solo River, on the island of Java, Indonesia. Dubois's finds, a partial skull and a thigh-bone, contrasted remarkably. The skull-cap, significantly smaller and lower in height than those of modern humans, had a large projecting brow ridge and a sloping forehead. The inside of the skull had a brain volume about half that of…

1. The two genera of Eocene fossil primates I choose are Eosimias and Darwinius. Eosimias was first described in 1999 and discovered in 1994 by Christopher Beard. Darwinius was discovered and described in 1983 at the Messel pit. 2. Eosimias lived during the middle Eocene age in Southern China (Fleagle 397). The fossil itself was collected Jiangsu Providence, China. Darwinius also lived during the middle Eocene in Europe, particulary Germany. Darwinius masillae was discorvered southeast of…

a Paleontologist who works for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Ian Miller’s problem is that he wants to find out how Western North America changed from the past 100 million years, what past climates were like 100 million years ago and the fossil ecosystems that existed 100 million years ago. Through solving and studying this problem, there have been many obstacles to solving his questions. Although obstacles causes trouble and hardships through experiments and test, Ian Miller has been…

rocks are known as fossils. Fossils have helped us record and know about the life before us. Sue Hendrickson discovered the most completed and largest T-Rex ever found. They named the T-Rex Sue. Fossils are what is left over of deceased organisms. Fossils happen onces a organism decays after dying. There are three types of fossils, Impression, Trace, and Replacement. “Sue” is remarkable because it was the first T-Rex to be discovered that had features similar to humans. Fossils show us how…