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What are fossils? Give two uses of fossils. How does the study of fossils provide evidence in favour of organic evolution ?

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Fossils are the remains of organisms that once existed on Earth. They represent the ancestors of plants and animals, which are alive even today.

Fossils provide evidences of evolution by revealing the characteristics of the past organisms, and the changes that have occurred in these organisms to give rise to a present organism


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