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How Are Fossils Evidence Of Evolution?


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Fossils:

  1. Fossils are ancient species' preserved remnants or signs of remains.
  2. A fossil can either preserve a whole organism or only a portion of one.
  3. Fossils can be made from bones, shells, feathers, leaves, etc.

Fossils Evidence Of Evolution:

  1. Fossils provide proof of life's earliest stages.
  2. Paleontologists have used fossils to study the changes that have occurred in creatures as life has evolved on Earth.
  3. Fossils are essential evidence for evolution because they show that life on Earth was different in the past than it is now.
  4. They can use techniques like radiometric dating to determine the age of fossils and so classify them to determine evolutionary links between things.

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