What is the similarity between fossils and artifacts?

• Fossils are the remains of living things (plants, animals, people), not of things that were made.

• Artifacts are the remains of things that were made, not the remains of living things.

1. While planting my garden, I found an old bone. Did I find a fossil or an artifact?

2. While exploring the woods near my house, I found an arrowhead. Did I find a fossil or an artifact?

The answer is:

1. A fossil. A bone is the remains of something that was once living.

2. An artifact. An arrowhead is something that was made.