Writing prompts – chapter 12. Write 200 words on one of the following five writing prompts (just select 1)
1. Describe the discovery and fossils of some or all of the following fossil beds (Section 12-2). If you live outside America and would like to describe fossil beds in your own country instead of the following list, then this would be interesting for everyone: History
Fossil Butte National Monument in Wyoming
John Day National Monument in Oregon
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Colorado
Badlands National Park in South Dakota
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument in Idaho
Titanis walleri in Florida
Others: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fossils/fossil-parks-list.htm
2. Describe the progression of whale evolution (Section 12-4) or the progression of primate evolution (Section 12-7) in the Cenozoic Era : Natural Science.
3. Describe how geologists and paleontologists discovered and analyzed some of fossil beds in America, or your own country (Section 12-2): Perspective of a Natural Scientist.
4. Describe how climate change impacted mammal evolution in the Cenozoic Era (Section 12-1): Science
5. Does the fact that humans evolved from primates imply that humans are completely biological and not spiritual? Section 12E (optional)? Metaphysics.