A team of archaeologists excavating a sedimentary rock layer come across some primitive hunting tools used by early humans. As the dig progresses, they unearth the fossilized remains of a dinosaur from another layer of the sedimentary rock. Why do these discoveries indicate that the rocks were formed over millions of years?

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Biology

Messiah Pierce

29 May, 17:27

A team of archaeologists excavating a sedimentary rock layer come across some primitive hunting tools used by early humans. As the dig progresses, they unearth the fossilized remains of a dinosaur from another layer of the sedimentary rock. Why do these discoveries indicate that the rocks were formed over millions of years?

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Jimmy Petty · Answer 1

C) Dinosaurs became extinct millions of years before humans appeared.

Explanation:

Dinosaurs became extinct millions of years before humans evolved. So the sedimentary rock that contained the hunting tools and the dinosaur fossil would have formed over a period of millions of years.