I hold tales of ages, of life long gone, in layers of rock, my story is drawn. What am I, that reveals the past, a timeline of history, from first to last?
Category: Science · Difficulty: expert
Hint: I provide evidence of ancient life.
Answer
Fossil Layers
Explanation
The fossil record is the collection of fossils discovered, providing insight into the history of life on Earth.
This is a expert science riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is Fossil Layers.
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