6-year-old boy finds ‘488-million-year-old’ fossil in garden
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A ‘488-million-year-old’ fossil
Siddak Singh Jhamat, known as Sid, is a 6-year-old boy living in Walsall, UK. Last Christmas, he got a fossil-hunting kit as a present. Fossils are leftover parts of plants and animals from millions of years ago.
Recently, Sid was using his kit in the garden to dig for worms. That’s when he found something that looked like it could be a tooth or a horn.
A 488-million-year-old’ fossil
It turns out that it was a fossil. It was an ancient piece of coral called horn coral. It is believed to be between 251 and 488 million years old.
The fossil is believed to have existed at a time, millions of years ago when England used to be underwater.
Would you also like to discover a fossil someday?
Watch a video on Mary Anning, a famous fossil hunter below. Video credit: SciShow Kids/Youtube
Are you interested in learning about fossils? Fossils are parts of an animal or plant that lived thousands or millions of years ago which has turned into rock. They include bones, shells, exoskeletons, objects preserved in amber, hair, and even oil and coal. The study of fossils is called palaeontology. Studying fossils helps us understand more about life in ancient times and its connection to our world today. Keep reading Curious Times to know what scientists are discovering about Earth’s past.
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