Evidence: Rocks and Life began with each other. Initially, multiple complex chemical compounds and proteins formed DNA, RNA, and amino acids. These are the things that can make the Ingredients. Then we have the conditions, their ingredients need to be mixed with liquid water, and just the right amount of energy. Just like life, rocks started with their ingredients. Most rocks are hardened lava mixed with other materials. Rocks help living things by moving and adjusting, allowing them to access water. Rocks and life change each other. One way they have changed is in Fossils. Fossils are actually organisms, their bones, shells, teeth, and leaves. Fossils form when an organism dies and is buried in sedimentary rock, slowly turning into stone. This process usually takes about 10,000 years, but during this process, they need to be exposed to air. Extinctions are mass events that kill ¾ of Earth's organisms. For example, the asteroid that hit Earth and killed the dinosaurs during the Cretaceous period. We know rocks and life are connected because of protein. Proteins make DNA, keep us together, and break down food. That makes proteins make everything that is living. The living die and have changed rocks by making fossils.
