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Question
Short answer question.
Give the significance of fossils.
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Solution
1. Fossils are the dead remains of plants and animals that lived in past in various geological layers.
2. The study of fossils provides the most convincing and direct evidence of evolution.
3. Study of fossils tells us that life forms were not the same millions of years ago (mya).
4. The geological time's scale is based on fossil records.
5. From the fossil records we can trace the complete evolutionary history of animals.
6. Study of fossils is an important aspect of evolution since it can be used in paleontology and anthropology for determining age of the fossils and deducing information about their ancestors.
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