10 Interesting Fact About Paleontology and fossils
10 Interesting Fact About Paleontology and fossils
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Paleontology is the study of fossils and past life on earth.
Fossils are residues or traces of organisms that have died and buried in a layer of rock or sediment.
Dinosaur fossils were first discovered in 1824 in England.
Frogs can turn into fossils because of their thick skin and contain chemicals that help the process of fossilization.
There are several types of fossils, such as clots, track fossils, and plant fossils.
Fossils can provide information about how organisms lived in the past, including their appearance, behavior, and environment.
Fossils can also be used to examine the evolution of life on earth.
Ancient human fossils have been found throughout the world, including in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Mammoth and mastodon fossils, animals like elephants that have become extinct, are often found in areas that have cold climate like Siberia and Alaska.
The most famous and most discussed fossils are the Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil, a large carnivorous dinosaur that lived around 70 million years ago.
