Name: Jewel Ward ID: 812004483 BIOL 2262- Evolutionary Biology Lab # 3 – Fossils Aim: To study fossils and the sedimentary layers they were found. Examine the clues left to appreciate the species found and the characteristics of the environment at the time when the organisms died and became fossilized. Introduction: Fossils are the remains of organisms that are formed when those organisms died and become buried in such a way that the decaying process was slowed down due to environmental conditions. E.g. fine suspended sediment particles in water, tar pits, bogs, ash from volcanoes, amber, ice, sand blown by the wind. Most fossils have hard body parts that are more resilient to decay and are usually aquatic. Fossils can be sorted into two