Question

What are fossils and why are they important in studying evolution? (2 marks)

Answer 1

• Fossils are the traces or the dead remains of the organisms that existed in the past. The study of fossils is called paleontology.

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• Studying fossils can help us to ascertain how the organism underwent evolution, its ancestors and related organisms.

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• Fossils of organisms that can even be found today means that the organisms have been on the earth since a very long time.

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• Various fossils of mosquitoes, cockroaches, frogs marine organisms etc. are being discovered even though they are not extinct.

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