What is a fossil and why are they important?

Fossils are important in understanding the history of the world because they provide physical evidence of animals and plants that lived in the past. Through their discovery, paleontologists uncover new ideas about former life on earth. read more

fossils are important for us for several reasons. they are the basis for the organization of the geologic time table. The appearance and disappearance of organisms throughout time is how we divide up the earths history into different periods. read more

Transitional fossils are believed to be the preserved evidence of transitional forms of organisms, the so called missing links which provide support to the theory of descent with modification. A transitional fossil is a term used to describe a fossil that shows a transitional form of two different species. read more