Digging Deeper Paleontologists used high -tech Paleontologists theorized about the tools in hopes of better life of dinosaurs by digging up and understanding how dinosaurs studying fossils. moved and lived. Mammoth Fossil About 10,000 to 40,000 years ago, Scientist learned that animals Found mammoths roamed the Guadalupe existed long ago by digging for River in California. bones. Bill Nye: Fossils Fossils are preserved through This explained how bones could volcanic eruptions. The ashes last for thousands of years. preserve animal bones. Trapped in Tar Many fossils are found from Fossils can be found in many animals that became trapped in tar places. pits. Some tar pits still exist -- in the middle of L.A. The Rancho La Brea Tar Pits contain fossils of mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and other now extinct animals. More than 3 million fossils have been found in the tar pits! Name___________________________________ Date_____________ Title: Fossils: A Peek into the Past Essential Question: How do scientists use fossils to learn about life long ago? What does the author call Mary Anning and why?
Digging Deeper Paleontologists used high -tech tools in hopes of better understanding how dinosaurs moved and lived. Paleontologists theorized about the life of dinosaurs by digging up and studying fossils. Mammoth Fossil Found About 10,000 to 40,000 years ago, mammoths roamed the Guadalupe River in California. Scientist learned that animals existed long ago by digging for bones. Bill Nye: Fossils Fossils are preserved through volcanic eruptions. The ashes preserve animal bones. This explained how bones could last for thousands of years. Trapped in Tar Many fossils are found from animals that became trapped in tar pits. Some tar pits still exist -- in the middle of L.A. The Rancho La Brea Tar Pits contain fossils of mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and other now extinct animals. More than 3 million fossils have been found in the tar pits! Fossils can be found in many places. Name___________________________________ Date_____________ Title: Fossils: A Peek into the Past Essential Question: How do scientists use fossils to learn about life long ago? What does the author call Mary Anning and why?
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