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What is a Fossil?
Fossils are the remains of organisms or other signs (i.e. tracks)
of organisms that lived in the past. For example bones, or shells.
Ichnofossils (trace fossils) are for example tracks, bitemarks,
and excretions. These ichnofossils can teach us a lot about the
organism.
Fossils are often petrified. This takes place as a result of chemical
mineralisation processes.
Paleontology
Geology is the science of the earths crust, and the processes
within. Geology comprises topics like earthquakes, volcanoes, oil
and gas exploration, minerals, and fossils.
The specialistic science of fossils is called Paleontology.
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