Collecting and Analyzing Evidence

Scientists look for fossils of dinosaur bones and human bones and ask if they exist within the same layer of the Earth. They also date the fossils to determine when they lived.

Scientists need to collect many dinosaur and human bone samples in order to be confident about the results.

Cross section illustration of a rock formation with horizontal lines marking different layers at various depths. A question mark between a modern human skull and a dinosaur skull are all above the same layers.