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What are fossils? How do fossils provide the guide for evolution?

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Fossils are the remains of the organisms that exists once. They are representing the ancestors of plants and animals that are alive today. And they are giving the evidence of evolution by revealing the characteristics of and changes that have occurred in the past organisms that give raise to the present organisms.

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