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Benton, M. (2009). "The completeness of the fossil record". Significance. 6 (3): 117–121. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2009.00374.x. S2CID 84441170. They’ll learn to explain the fossilization process, and they’ll also compare fossils to the animals they belong to. By the end of the lesson, children should be able to: When Darwin wrote On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, the oldest animal fossils were those from the Cambrian Period, now known to be about 540million years old. He worried about the absence of older fossils because of the implications on the validity of his theories, but he expressed hope that such fossils would be found, noting that: "only a small portion of the world is known with accuracy." Darwin also pondered the sudden appearance of many groups (i.e. phyla) in the oldest known Cambrian fossiliferous strata. [96] After Darwin

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Fossils appear to have directly contributed to the mythology of many civilizations, including the ancient Greeks. Classical Greek historian Herodotos wrote of an area near Hyperborea where gryphons protected golden treasure. There was indeed gold mining in that approximate region, where beaked Protoceratops skulls were common as fossils. Further information: Ghost lineage, Signor–Lipps effect, and Biostratigraphy Some of the most remarkable gaps in the fossil record (as of October 2013) show slanting toward organisms with hard parts. a b c "Prehistoric Fossil Collectors". Archived from the original on 17 February 2019 . Retrieved 16 February 2019. Fossils for Kids | Learn all about how fossils are formed, the types of fossils and more!" Video (2:23), 27 January 2020, Clarendon Learning Darwin, Charles (1872), " Chapter X: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record", The Origin of Species, London: John Murray