Question

Explain the importance of fossils in deciding evolutionary relationship

Answer 1

Fossils:

1. Fossils are the remains or impressions preserved of prehistoric plants or animals embedded in rock or any conserved area or substance.
2. Fossils provide us with the knowledge of animals and plants that lived hundreds of years ago and now which are now extinct.
3. It helps us to compare the animals that lived during prehistoric times with their present descendants.
4. They provide the missing link in the study of evolution.
5. They are helpful in providing information while forming a sequence of the organisms in the pathway of evolution.