Description
Classify fossils by examining their age through radiometric dating and compare them to identified fossils in order to discover their environment, diet, and skeletal structure.
Alternative labels
identifying fossils
identifying fossil
evaluate fossils
examine fossils
assess fossils
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
occupation-specific
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Identify fossils is an essential skill of the following occupations:
Optional skill
Identify fossils is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
Palaeontologist: Palaeontologists research and analyse forms of life that existed in ancient eras of the planet Earth. They strive to define the evolutionary path and the interaction with different geological areas of all kinds of once organisms and such plants, pollen and spores, invertebrate and vertebrate animals, humans, traces such as footprints, and ecology and climate.
References
- Identify fossils – ESCO
