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THINGS
EVOLUTION OF LIVING THINGS
The fossils and the order in which the fossils appear are called the
fossil records.
Fossil records provides evidence of when organisms lived on Earth,
how species have evolved, and how some species have gone extinct.
It also shows how environmental conditions on Earth may have
changed over time.
TYPES OF FOSSILS
Imprint – Is a type of fossil in which a film of carbon remains after the other
elements of an organism have decayed.
Mold – is a type of fossil in which an impression of the shape or track cast forms
when sediments fill in the cavity left by a fossil mold.
METHODS TO DETERMINE THE AGE OF A FOSSIL
Radioactive dating
Carbon-14 dating – determines the age of a fossil fewer than 50, 000 years
old
Half-life corresponds to the length of time required for one half of the
radioactive sample to decay.
HOMOLOGOUS BODY STRUCTURES
Focuses not on how new species are formed from old ones,
but on how changes occur within species.