Question

What can trace fossils tell you about ancient organisms?

Answer 1

Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and otherorganisms from the past. Fossilsrange in age from 10,000 to 3.48 billion years old. The observation that certainfossils were associated with certain rock strata led 19th century geologists to recognize a geological timescale.

Answer 2

Trace fossils provide us with indirect evidence of life in the past, such as the footprints, tracks, burrows, borings, and feces left behind by animals, rather than the preserved remains of the body of the actual animal itself.