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Question by  RajKumar (17)

How did fossils get on rocks?

If something dies on a rock, doesn't it just fall off or rot away?

 
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Answer by  tiggontiggon (56)

Fossils are not made of things dieing on rocks. Things die and get buried in soil and the soil turns into rocks over time.

 
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Answer by  jawedge (238)

normally a dead thing would fall away or die, but when something is burried or covered suddenly, such as in a landslide, the living thing is preserved. it still rots away, but is replaced with minerals as it rots. As the dirt, mud, or soil hardens, fossils form.

 
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