NSC 111 - Stones and Bones: Fossils and the History of Life

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Did caveman eat dinosaur meat? Did dinosaurs all die when a huge meteor struck earth 65 million years ago? Is an ostrich just a dinosaur in feathers? Other questions in this course—paleontology for the non-scientist include the origin of life, evolution theory, how fossils are formed, collected and dated, and the history of life—especially man’s direct ancestors.