PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF HOW LIFE HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS
This shark tooth fossil was found in Minnesota. Since it's quite impossible for a shark tooth to be found in MN, It tells us that a ocean probably covered part of Minnesota.
According to this picture, this is a human fossil. The foot is larger than average, and you can make guesses of whether this was cemented by mud, or was created because of volcanic ash.
This is another example of a human fossil. This was found in Pompeii, Italy. There was a catastrophic volcano that erupted and covered the city of Italy with ash. Many people died, but their bodies were still preserved.