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Question: In the context of biostratigraphy, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution provided an explanation for a process that was already being utilized by scientists to determine the relative ages of rock layers, but what was this process?
Trivia Question Study Fact: Biostratigraphy, the dating of rock layers using fossils, was a well-established practice before Charles Darwin published *On the Origin of Species*. Scientists like William Smith, Georges Cuvier, and Alexandre Brongniart recognized that fossils indicated chronological events and established the concept of biozones – units of rock strata defined by their fossil content – without understanding the evolutionary mechanisms driving fossil succession.
Trivia Question Explanation: Prior to Darwin’s explanation of evolution, scientists were already correlating rock layers by examining the fossils they contained and identifying recurring biozones, recognizing that changes in fossil types indicated chronological order.
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