How does the fossil record support Darwin's theory? What problems exist? Explain Darwin's theory of evolution as it pertained to the birds he used. Identify three geologic theories that influenced the scientific debate on evolution. Explain the scientific interpretation of fossils found in th...
9 Evolution of Lamnoid sharks 9.1 Fossil record 10 Great White sharkOverviewContrary to popular belief, sharks have not remained unchanged for 300 million years. However, many of the families we have today have been in existence for perhaps the last 150 million years. ...
Fossils are the remains of previously living organisms that have been turned into rock over the course of millions of years. Fossil records help scientists to better understand the history and evolution of the millions of different lifeforms on Earth.Answer and Explanation: The ...
At the time of Johanson’s discovery in 1974, Lucy was by far the oldest human fossil on record. In the past five decades, though, even older hominin bones have been found in Africa belonging to other species that either predate or overlap with Lucy. Australopithecus anamensis, which also...
Creationist Offers Prize for Fossil Proof of EvolutionRead the full-text online article and more details about "Creationist Offers Prize for Fossil Proof of Evolution" by ToGreen - The Independent (London, England), September 29, 2008By ToGreen...
The 92-million-year-old discovery pushes back the presence of these massive plants in the region by 15 million years.
“We have found a primitive spherical organism made up of an arrangement of two distinct cell types, the first step towards a complex multicellular structure, something which has never been described before in the fossil record. “The discovery of this new fossil suggests to us that the e...
in the Middle East with few fossils, so they are important additions to the growing fossil record from the region. Other fossils from this approximate time period are difficult to classify taxonomically since they seem to show a combination of features seen in both Neanderthals an...
Around 300,000 years ago, a family of early humans visited a lake bordered by open forest. We don't know if they came there to drink, swim, or forage, but hunting the herds of giant beasts found there was probably not on their agenda. Their footprints not only record their presence, ...
(Kings and Emperors) are the first lineage to branch off. That turns out to be the case, meaning the biggest and most cold-adapted of the living penguins split off from the rest very early in modern penguin history (but still later than some the oddballs front he fossil record which ...