How scientist know when different species of plants and animals lived? by Eli Benbenek https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59 By: Eli Benbenek en-us 2018-03-17 19:54:07 UTC 2018-03-17 19:59:43 UTC hello@padlet.com Scientists can partly tell when certain plants and animals lived from things such as the fossil record along with looking where the animal or plant was fossilized. eliben6609 https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114632 2018-03-17 19:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114632 For instance, an animals fossil found deeper than another one found would make it evident that it would be older than the fossil closer to the surface. eliben6609 https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114670 2018-03-17 19:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114670 So, this information compiled with all of the fossils found allowed scientists to make a fossil record to estimate the period from which the fossil came from. eliben6609 https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114733 2018-03-17 19:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114733 Sources: eliben6609 https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114787 All prior knowledge]]> 2018-03-17 19:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114787 eliben6609 https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114835 2018-03-17 19:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114835 But to keep in mind this is more of an estimate and not 100% precise. eliben6609 https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114861 2018-03-17 19:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114861 eliben6609 https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114893 2018-03-17 19:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/eliben6609/mc63gtnf4u59/wish/243114893