RALPH WENGE, CNN ANCHOR: Some relics in the Cayman Islands are giving students a lesson of sorts in the evolution of humankind. The students are studying fossils to find out who or what inhabited the islands before humans. The Cayman Islands' CITN uncovers the details.</s>CYNTHIA ARIE, CITN (voice-over): Imagine learning about history or science by stepping back in time and really experiencing the events that occurred. With the help of the National Trust, local students can do just this through a program of extinction.</s>JULIET AUSTIN, NATIONAL TRUST: Evolution and extinction is our, kind of, title this year, following on from endangered species last year. And it taps into the social studies and science curriculum. And it's kind of an exciting way for students to learn about what could have been, and also to get that idea of what we've got.</s>ARIE: During the presentation, Fred Burton of the National Trust explains that students can look and even touch some of the animals that are now extinct. According to Burton, it is now vital for students to understand the link between science and the real world, because it is something that cannot be ignored.</s>FRED BURTON, NATIONAL TRUST: It's this business of making a bridge between the rather dry and technical world of science and the real world of people. And we, over the years, have gathered quite a lot of material, the trust has, and, of course, we've got a lot of information. But a lot of that information is packaged in dry, scientific jargon and journals and in publications that people don't normally see. So what we're tying to do here is to repackage this very, very technical information into a form that is accessible to people.</s>AUSTIN: We have been given this unique custodianship over this wonderful environment of ours, and we, all of us, need to play our part in making sure we take that responsible for long (ph). From the Cayman Islands, I'm Cynthia Arie for CNN WORLD REPORT.
Cayman Islands Preserves its Past