You know when your room is a mess and you can't seem to find something your looking for? Let's use socks as an example... you found one by the piano, but can't find the match! Where could it be! All of the sudden you find it... in the shower upstairs. How'd it get there.
Fossils are the same way... fossils could be found in California and the same fossil could be found in Antarctica. Well, here's why. A long time ago all the 7 continents were once joined. This meant that they were all closer to the equator and had warmer weather than they do today. That also means a lot of the same animals could live somewhere else where the weather was just as nice. Like some animals in Asia then, could be found in Antarctica because the temperatures for weather were the same.
This doesn't mean you're a scientist looking for socks... it means animals can be traced back, a long ways. Animals traveled just like humans just ended up hopefully a little different than we will. Since the animals traveled and explored new places that suited them, when they died; they made it possible for humans to learn more about what the earth was like... millions of years ago.
Fossils are the same way... fossils could be found in California and the same fossil could be found in Antarctica. Well, here's why. A long time ago all the 7 continents were once joined. This meant that they were all closer to the equator and had warmer weather than they do today. That also means a lot of the same animals could live somewhere else where the weather was just as nice. Like some animals in Asia then, could be found in Antarctica because the temperatures for weather were the same.
This doesn't mean you're a scientist looking for socks... it means animals can be traced back, a long ways. Animals traveled just like humans just ended up hopefully a little different than we will. Since the animals traveled and explored new places that suited them, when they died; they made it possible for humans to learn more about what the earth was like... millions of years ago.
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