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There is a concrete pour next to the place I lived as a child which was done around 1970. A cat walked through and my parents showed the traces to me when I was
by BrandoElFollito 3y ago
There is a concrete pour next to the place I lived as a child which was done around 1970. A cat walked through and my parents showed the traces to me when I was a small kid, explaining how fossiles were created.
Fast forward 35 years or so, I live 2 km from the place I was born after travelling the world and I went there with my own child to "discover" the steps again, together with the story about fossiles.
I then had my kid take my parents to that place when they were visiting so that he could show them the traces and explain how fossiles are formed.
Full circle of life :)
- IAmGraydon 3y agoIt’s a heartwarming story, but I don’t understand how cat tracks have anything to do with fossils, which are usually the remains of a once-living animal.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_track
- danparsonson 3y agoAfter 35 years, I'm sorry to say, that cat is a once-living animal :-)
- BrandoElFollito 3y agoWell, that is the sad part I left to my wife to explain :)
- BrandoElFollito 3y agoThe idea was to explain that one can find traces in stone in the form of imprints. Typically these would be trilobites or shells, but also leaves and actual animal steps. It was more an introduction to the idea of fossilization, layers of sediments etc. than a university course :) with the general message of "you can find traces of stuff in stones, and next we will crack open a stone to show you that". Not far away from that place there is a church with steps built from sedimentary stone where there are plenty of fossiles so it was a nice introduction.