GEOLOGY
PALEONTOLOGY
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Shows major changes in global climate
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Shows the history of life on earth
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Helps scientists understand how species have evolved over time
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All of these are correct
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Detailed explanation-1: -They can teach us where life and humans came from, show us how the Earth and our environment have changed through geological time, and how continents, now widely separated, were once connected. Fossils provide important evidence for evolution and the adaptation of plants and animals to their environments.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tracks, burrows, eggshells, nests, tooth marks, gastroliths (gizzard stones), and coprolites (fossil feces) are examples of trace fossils or ichnofossils.
Detailed explanation-3: -Paleontologists want to know the history of evolution and extinction of fossil species through geologic time. To do that, they try to study all of the fossils that have been preserved in sedimentary rocks. That’s called the fossil record.
Detailed explanation-4: -Body Fossils. Molecular Fossils. Trace Fossils. Carbon Fossils. Pseudofossils.