What this sensence would be if it was a normal sentence?

[kolooko]

Fossil Find Sheds Light on 'Early Evolutionary Steps'

This is a title of a report.
What this sensence would be if it was a normal sentence?

[tedtmc]

Fossil Find Sheds Light on 'Early Evolutionary Steps'

This is a title of a report.
What this sensence wouldshould this sentence be if it was a normal sentence?

I think the 'steps' should be omitted and the inverted commas are not required.

not a teacher

[2006]

No, you can't say "Fossil Find Sheds Light on 'Early Evolutionary'.

(The)(This) fossil find sheds light on (the)(man's) early evolutionary steps.

What would this sentence be if it were a normal sentence?

[sarat_106]

Fossil Find Sheds Light on 'Early Evolutionary Steps'

This is a title of a report.
What this sensence would be if it was a normal sentence?

The report seems to be about a new discovery on early evolution of mankind. So the title can be expressed in a complete sentence as:

A Fossil recently found by scientists sheds light on early evolutionary steps of mankind.

[kolooko]

I had a grammar mistake in the question. I'm dissapointed.

Anyway, the report really exists, which was not written by me.

I didn't think this is a grammatical sentence(?), so I wondered about its meaning.

I should have called it a headline?

[kolooko]

The report seems to be about a new discovery on early evolution of mankind. So the title can be expressed in a complete sentence as:

A Fossil recently found by scientists sheds light on early evolutionary steps of mankind.

Probably I wanted to know this kind of thing.

In this sentence, "find" isn't verb, is it? Shed(s) is verb, right?

[sarat_106]

Probably I wanted to know this kind of thing.

In this sentence, "find" isn't verb, is it? Shed(s) is verb, right?

‘shed’ is the verb of the sentence. ‘Find’ is also a verb but in the sentence, its past participle form (found) is used as an adjective to modify the noun ‘Fossil’, Its position in the headline acts as a hinting word.

[kolooko]

Find's position means it is used as an adjective, which would be in past participle form. I see.

Thank you very much!

[tedtmc]

Find's position means it is used as an adjective, which would be in past participle form. I see.

Thank you very much!

No, 'find' is used as as noun which means a discovery, as in 'archeological find'.

[tedtmc]

No, you can't say "Fossil Find Sheds Light on 'Early Evolutionary'.



I meant the word 'step' is not a good term to use when you talk about evolution. Evolution is a very gradual process over a long period of time. It is not a step-by-step process. Of course you can't take away 'steps' and leave the two words dangling.