OMG. i need help on homework. pleaseee!!! ok, please don't say stuff like "if you dug it up it isn't" or "if it's fossilized it is" ohplease, i'm not retarded. i just need to know if a skull can be considered a fossil or not. and if you are going to say anything at all it has to be a answer to my question.
2006-10-11 13:21:06 · 6 answers · asked by aya 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
As long as the bone has been replaced with minerals, then yes...it is a fossil. If it's still made of bone, then no...it's just a bone. Fossils are just rocks that have replaced either bone or organic material and maintained its shape.
2006-10-11 13:23:09 · answer #1 · answered by Shaun 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a skull by itself is not a fossil. A fossil is the imprint left in rock after minerals have eaten away and replaced the actual bone. Therefore, a bone by definition is not a fossil.
2006-10-11 13:28:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, but i think that a skull is only a fossil if it were preserved in rock or something for a long time. Search google. Good Luck :)
2006-10-11 13:25:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a skull can only be a fossil if it survived the continental change, erosions and things mother nature brings everyday you know when something gets covered by erosion and gets sent down to where magma starts, if it manages to survive those things, then you can call it a fossil.
2006-10-11 13:26:26 · answer #4 · answered by burning ice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is because it has been dug up and it is something that has happen in the past i think it is and preseverd fossil
2006-10-12 11:37:35 · answer #5 · answered by Jalessa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, it can be, once it is fossilized. Anything that was once alive, found later fossilized, certainly can be.
2006-10-11 13:23:38 · answer #6 · answered by Fun and Games 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋