CONTENTS Digging for Answers How a Fossil Forms Kinds of Fossils The First Fossils Connecting Humans Apes in the Family How Old Is it Learning from Fossils Walking Tall Daily Life Fossil Rock Stars Discovering the Past Glossary Index 4 6 8 12 14 16 18 20 22 24.26 28 30 31 WORDS IN THE GLOSSARY APPEAR IN BOLD TYPE THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE USED IN THE TEXT
DIGGING FOR ANSWERS Does digging up the bones of ancient humans sound spooky Maybe But it's an important way of finding out how modern humans- like you got here And that's just what paleoanthropologists do These scientists can figure out how early humans walked what they ate and even how smart they were all thanks to fossils Explore More IN THE MID 1800S ENGLISH SCIENTIST CHARLES DARWIN BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST TO SAY THAT HUMANS AND APES CAME FROM THE SAME ANCESTOR 4 CHARLES DARWIN
DIGGING UP FOSSILS IS SLOW WORK THEN IT CAN TAKE YEARS TO PUT THEM TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT THEIR HISTORY Fossils are what is left behind when something dies They can come from a plant or an animal They may take thousands or even millions of years to form Fossils help scientists piece together the puzzle of human evolution 5
