Question

Name the process/term for the following statements.

The remains of organisms that lived in past.

Answer 1

Evidences from Fossils:

1. The remains of organisms that lived in past are known as fossils. The study of fossils is known as paleontology.
2. Fossils provide direct evidence of organic evolution because they form geographical records of the evolution of a species.
3. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in amber, hair, petrified wood, oil, coal, DNA remnants, etc.

The remains of organisms that lived in the past are called a fossil.