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Fossils are the precious evidences preserved by the nature to help us knowing about ancient life forms. Write the information you collected about fossils.

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  1. Fossils are the evidences of ancient life forms or ancient habitates which have been preserved by natural processes.
  2. Fossils provide information about what lived in the past.
  3. Palentologists determine the age of fossils by using carbon-dating method.
  4. They convey us about genetic condition, heredity characters through inactive chromosomes which are present in them.
  5. They give a detailed information about their diet, life styles, shape of body, etc.
  6. Fossils provide the information about how species have changed across long periods of the earth history.

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