Posts Tagged ‘WFS Facts’

WFS facts: dating of fossils

 @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev  So, how do we know how old a fossil is? There are two main methods determining a fossils age, relative dating and absolute dating. Relative dating is used to determine a fossils approximate age by comparing it to similar rocks and fossils of known ages. Absolute dating is used to […]

WFS Facts: Toba catastrophe theory

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev According to the Toba catastrophe theory, modern human evolution was affected by a recent, large volcanic event. Within the last three to five million years, after human and other ape lineages diverged from the hominid stem-line, the human line produced a variety of human species. According to the […]

WFS Facts : The Pleistocene Epoch,Last Ice Age

@WFS,world Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The Pleistocene Epoch is typically defined as the time period that began about 1.8 million years ago and lasted until about 11,700 years ago. The most recent Ice Age occurred then, as glaciers covered huge parts of the planet Earth. There have been at least five documented major […]

WFS Facts : Peanut Wood

Peanut wood is a variety of petrified wood that is usually dark brown to black in color. It is recognized by its white-to-cream-color markings that are ovoid in shape and about the size of a peanut. It received its name from these peanut-size markings. It is a fossil gem with a very unusual history. How […]