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प्रश्न
Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOT)
Imprints of fossils tell us about evolutionHow?
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उत्तर
Fossil records show that evolution has taken a gradual process from simple to complex organisms. The study of fossils helps us to understand the link of evolution. The origin of modem birds is supported by the evidence of palaeontology.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What are fossils? What do they tell us about the process of evolution?
Explain the importance of fossils in deciding evolutionary relationships.
Name two organisms which are now extinct and studied from their fossils.
If the fossil of an organism is found in the deeper layers of earth, then we can predict that ______
Some of the important fossils which have been studied are those of organisms X, Y and Z. X were marine arthropods which were common between 400 to 600 million years ago. Y were the invertebrate animals (molluscs) with a flat, coiled, spiral shell which lived in the sea about 180 million years ago. Z are the extinct carnivorous or herbivorous reptiles which appeared on the earth about 250 million years ago and became extinct about 65 million years ago. What are X, Y and Z?
State fossils importance in the study of evolution with the help of a suitable example.
Paleontologists deal with ______.
The best way of direct dating fossils of recent origin is by ______.
Which organism is considered to be the fossil bird?
What is the study of fossils called?
