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What are fossils?
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Solution
- Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of plants, animals and other organisms from the remote past.
- They are collected from different levels or depths of the soil structure.
- The study of fossils enables us to understand the structure, age, evolutionary process and significance of different organisms.
- Hence, fossils serve as good paleontological evidences.
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