knowing the diet of an ancient creature‚ it is reasonable to see how a paleontologist and evolutionist can follow the emergence of the omnivore over the carnivore and herbivore. And the hardness of teeth make it the “best-preserved animal we find in the fossil record for many time periods” (Shubin 61). This clue to these ancient animal’s diets can “give us a good window on how different ways of feeding came about” (Shubin 61). So‚ the shape of the teeth and the general mineral make-up both contribute to
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most surprising encounter with the oldest fossil of a hominid that they later called Lucy. Donald Johanson and Tom Gray are pale anthropologists and are very well known for their discovery of Lucy. At the beginning of the book the author writes in the first person illustrating how rare it is to find fossils‚ many who study in this field sometimes have no luck in finding such extraordinary old fossils. Johanson feels “lucky” to have been able to find such fossils that many have been trying to find without
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The Evolution of Life This section provides information about the evolution of life on Earth. For reasons of simplicity some important events and life forms were selected for each geological time span. However this should not give the impression that the evolution of life on Earth is or was a sequential event. Many life forms that were not mentioned in this text were very successful and have evolved or in some cases maintained a very successful life strategy. Prokaryotes‚ for example are the most
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all there‚ we started walking until we reached the National Museum beside of Luneta Park. That was Sunday so we entered the Museum just for free then we walked around and keep taking pictures with the displays in the Museum. I keep observing every fossils in the cage and it was really amazing‚ if you will read the description you will really appreciate it because it was found long time ago. I was totally shock for some stuffs there like the birds‚ butterflies‚ rats‚ eagle‚ etc. because they been dissected
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permanent collection of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History.”(The Cleveland Museum Of Natural History) This is Dunkleosteus‚ one of the first jawed vertebrates‚ and one of the largest of the armored fishes called placoderms. The fossil record indicates that this fish was an aggressive predator. Name: Dunkleosteus (Greek for "Dunkle’s bone"); pronounced dun-kul-OSS-tee-us Habitat: Shallow seas worldwide Historical Period: Late Devonian (380-360 million years
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Explain how Lucy could be viewed as “the missing link” Australopithecus Afarensis‚ commonly known as Lucy‚ can be seen by many scientific and historic facts as ‘the missing link’. Anthropologists show that Lucy is a transitional fossil which helps prove the way hominids changed throughout the ages. Bipedalism is the biggest and most important evidence that Lucy has shown to tell one how she lived in the chain of evolution. The morphology of Lucy’s skeleton has so many different characteristics
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this thesis by addressing three key topics‚ and later goes into great detail about these issues. He begins by discussing the fossils that are unaccounted for. Then‚ Meyer talks about the composition of species and body plans. Lastly‚ he goes on about post-Darwin discoveries and claims‚ and explains the idea of an intelligent designer.
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during the Oligocene Epochs period. • The Chadron formation is grayish in color and consists of fossils from early mammals like the three-toed horse and the large titanothere deposited by rivers across the flood plain. This formation took place 34-37 million years ago during the Eocene period. • The upper layers are Yellow mounds weathered by yellow soil and black ocean mud that have contained fossil sand‚ or paleosol. • The Pierre Shale is black in color and deposited by sediment filtered through
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DISCOVERY OF EARTH’S HISTORY: “FOSSILS” I.OBJECTIVES 1. WHAT IS FOSSILS? 2. HOW THEY WERE FORMED? 3. FOSSILIZATION PROCESSESS 4. FOSSILS RECORD 5. TYPES 6. PSEUDOFOSSILS 7. HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF FOSSILS 8. TRADING AND COLLECTING 9. IMAGE GALLERY II.DISCUSSION FOSSILIZATION PROCESSESS Permineralization Permineralization is a process of fossilization that occurs when an organism is buried. The empty spaces within an organism
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because where my house sits at this time it was under water thousands of years ago so there would of been water type dinosaurs. When i go to the beach there are fossils from water dinosaurs in the rocks on the cliff face so that shows that there was dinosaurs in the area. because my house would have been under water there would be fossils like the ones on the beach. Any single person can go to the beach and see rocks that have bones or other fuels on the side of them. I have evidence to support my
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