Fossils are windows which serve as insights into nature's past.
Fossils have been known to people for many centuries. Fossil shells used fro the purpose of adornment have been discovered at Paleolithic sites. During times of Ancient Greece, writers such as Herodotus and Xenophanes correctly identified relics of ancient organisms in rock. However, the ideas of Aristotle caused fossils to be regarded merely as freaks of nature formed spontaneously be some plastic forces present in the primordial mud. It is the era in which we currently reside.