Question

The term living fossil refers to a

• A. living organism showing some very primitive characters
• B. life like fossil well preserved in amber
• C. fossil formed from a living animal
• D. living animal which is about to the fossilized

Answer 1

The correct option is A living organism showing some very primitive characters

Living fossils is a living species of organism that did not undergo any evolutionary changes since the early geological period. All other close relatives of such organisms must have gone extinct. Example of a living fossil is Limulus.