Question

Scientists find the fossilized remains of a fish in the middle rock layers of a research site. They find the fossil of an insect in the lowest rock layers. What can be concluded from this evidence

Answer 1

We can conclude that the insect's fossil is older than the fish's.

Step-by-step explanation:

Fossils are records of living things that have existed in the past and that have been preserved in some way. These living things can be preserved in rocks, sand, ice and, believe me, even within another fossil.

All living beings die and we know that their remains quickly disappear from nature. For this living being to become a fossil, it can not be decomposed after its death. Therefore, it must be rapidly covered by fragments of rock (sediment), frozen or entangled by substances produced by plants (amber). An important point to note is that when a fossil is covered, the depth where it lies indicates how old this fossil is.

Answer 2

That the fish livee more recently on earth than the insect.