The Earth is a giant graveyard containing the fossilized remains of billions of animals buried in stone. How did so many animals get killed and fossilized? What does this say about the Earth's past?
"The great problem for geological theories to explain is that amazing phenomenon, the mingling of the remains of animals of different species and climates, discovered in exhaustless quantities in the interior parts of the earth so that the exuviae of those genera which no longer exist at all, are found confusedly mixed together in the soils of the most northerly latitudes..."
In the early part of this century the famous Beresovka mammoth carcass was discovered in Siberia. Nearly intact, the animal was found buried in silty gravel sitting in the upright position. The mammoth had a broken foreleg, evidently caused by a fall from a nearby cliff 10,000 years ago.
Fossils are found in all parts of the world, from Greenland to Antarctica. They can be found in cores drilled in and retrieved from the ocean floor, and on top of the highest mountains. Their wide geographical distribution is a result of the way the earth's surface has changed throughout its history.
Posted on Jun 5, 2013 | 17 comments
Posted on Jun 5, 2013 | 17 comments
Posted on Jun 5, 2013 | 17 comments
Posted on Jun 5, 2013 | 17 comments
