EVOLUTION
EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION
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better understand the kinds of organisms that lived in the past
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better understand how the environment has changed over time
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better understand how organisms have evolved over time
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The fossil record helps paleontologists, archaeologists, and geologists place important events and species in the appropriate geologic era. It is based on the Law of Superposition which states that in undisturbed rock sequences the bottom layers are older than the top layers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fossils provide important evidence for evolution and the adaptation of plants and animals to their environments. Fossil evidence provides a record of how creatures evolved and how this process can be represented by a ‘tree of life’, showing that all species are related to each other.
Detailed explanation-3: -Paleontologists are scientists who study fossils to learn about life in the past. Fossils allow these scientists to determine the features of extinct species.
Detailed explanation-4: -fossil record, history of life as documented by fossils, the remains or imprints of organisms from earlier geological periods preserved in sedimentary rock.
Detailed explanation-5: -All of the fossils collected over time and arranged in chronological order are known as the fossil record. The fossil record provides evidence that past life existed and how some living things changed over long periods of time (evolved), allowing them to survive changing environments.