ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Fremont Rider

So, Fremont Rider's actually a person, not a thing. He was a really smart guy who studied rocks and fossils a long time ago.

You know how when you go to the beach and you see all those cool rocks and shells? Well, Fremont Rider looked at rocks like that and figured out how they formed - kind of like how you might put together a puzzle.

He also looked at bones from animals that lived a long, long time ago - like dinosaurs!

By studying rocks and fossils, Fremont Rider learned a lot about how the Earth has changed over a super long time.

So basically, he was a really neat dude who helped us learn more about the world we live in!