Past ecosystems

Guess the method scientists use to uncover the age of ancient rock paintings found in Indigenous territories!

• Carbon dating

• Radiometric dating

• Stratigraphic dating

• Paleographic dating

Ready to time travel? Aboriginal rock paintings are our window to the past! What fascinating stories do they tell us?

• Geometric patterns

• Historical human figures

• Types of animals and plants from the past

• Abstract art concepts

Pop Quiz! Which of these is NOT an example of Aboriginal rock art?

• Bradshaw Paintings

• Wandjina Paintings

• Lascaux Cave Paintings

• Red Ochre Paintings

Can you believe it? Ancient rock paintings hint that humans and gigantic birds roamed the Earth together! What does this tell us about Genyornis newtoni?

• The world was a much chillier place back then

• There was a buffet of plants everywhere

• Birds ruled the world

• Humans and megafauna were neighbors

Imagine you're a time traveler, journeying back millions of years! You stumble upon layers of rock untouched by time. Which law helps you determine that the oldest layers are whispering tales from the bottom?

• Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships

• Law of Original Horizontality

• Law of Lateral Continuity

• Law of Superposition

Ready to dive deep into Earth's past? What incredible discovery do the Burgess Shales reveal to us?

• Evidence of dinosaur extinction

• Evidence of the first flowering plants

• Evidence of the first amphibians

• Evidence for the Cambrian Explosion

Ready to chill with some cool science? What secrets can the ancient ice of Antarctica spill about our planet?

• The depth of the Earth's oceans

• Changes in levels of important gases like carbon dioxide

• The exact age of the Earth

• The presence of extraterrestrial life