Chapter 7: Fossils and Their Place In Time and Nature
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- CHAPTER 7 FOSSILS AND THEIR PLACE IN TIME AND NATURE
- BIG QUESTIONS
- Fossils: Memories of the Biological Past
- What Are Fossils?
- Taphonomy and Fossilization
- Types of Fossils
- Limitations of the Fossil Record: Representation Is Important
- HOW DO WE KNOW?: The Fossil Record and the Timing and Tempo of Evolution
- Just How Old Is the Past?
- Time in Perspective
- Geologic Time: Earth History
- Relative and Numerical Age
- Relative Methods of Dating: Which Is Older, Younger, the Same Age?
- Stratigraphic Correlation
- Chemical Dating
- Biostratigraphic (Faunal) Dating
- Cultural Dating
- Absolute Methods of Dating: What Is the Numerical Age?
- The Radiometric Revolution and the Dating Clock
- The Revolution Continues: Radiopotassium Dating
- ANTHROPOLOGY MATTERS: The Atomic Bomb and Radiocarbon Dating
- Non-Radiometric Absolute Dating Methods
- CONCEPT CHECK: How Old Is It?
- Genetic Dating: The Molecular Clock
- Reconstruction of Ancient Environments and Landscapes
- The Driving Force in Shaping Environment: Temperature
- Chemistry of Animal Remains and Ancient Soils: Windows onto Diets and Habitats
- ANSWERING THE BIG QUESTIONS
- Key Terms
- Additional Readings
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