Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5 Term 4: Planet Earth and Beyond Fossils (PPT 3)
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Natural Sciences and TechnologyGrade 5
Term 4: Planet Earth and BeyondFossils
(PPT 3)
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Topic 4 Fossils
The importance of African fossils
Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 4, Topic 4
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Fossils found in South Africa
Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 4, Topic 4
•In South Africa, important fossils have been found.
•Important fossils found here include the Coelacanth and African Dinosaurs.
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Coelacanth
Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 4, Topic 4
•Type of lung fish.•We thought it died out 65 million years ago.•In 1938 a living Coelacanth was found in South Africa.•These fish are now endangered.
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African dinosaurs
Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 4, Topic 4
•Many of the dinosaur fossils found were found in Africa.•Many of these fossils are about 221 million years old.
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South African fossil sites
Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 4, Topic 4
•Cradle of Humankind near Johannesburg.•Human fossils have been found there.•These fossils are called hominids.•In 2010, the remains of two hominids that lived 2 million years ago were found there.
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South African fossil sites
Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 4, Topic 4