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What information do fossils provide paleontologists?


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Paleontologist:

  1. The study of the relationship between plants and animals and their survival on Earth is called paleontology.
  2. A paleontologist is a scientist who about scientific prehistoric life on the Earth.
  3. The study mainly is based on the fossils by the use of various analytical techniques.
  4. Fossils tell us how an animal may have looked in life. Some, such as coprolites (fossilized feces) give us clues about an animal’s diet.
Evidence of Evolution: Fossils, Comparative Anatomy & Embryo Development

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