2. How do most fossils form? 1 Living things die and their remains are buried by sediments.
2 The hard parts of an organism dry out in the air.
3 The soft parts of an organism change to stone.
4 Freezing preserves the remains of an organism.

Toorale man murder mystery < - your lab link 1. how was the toorale man found? 2. what did archaeologists learn about the burial? why is the burial important? 3. what information were the scientists able to learn from the skeleton itself? 4. why is the question of whether the injuries came from a stone or steel weapon important? how could scientists distinguish between the different types of weapons? 5. what did the carbon dating and soil testing tell scientists about toorale man? why are the dates interesting for scientists?