Fossil Evidence. Magazine Stacks Oldest are on bottom.
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Fossil Evidence
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Fossil Evidence
Magazine Stacks
Oldest are on bottom
Same is true of dirt
Oldest is on bottom
How are fossils formed?
Fossil Evidence in the StrataRocks settle based on size and change conformation
Based upon the amount of settling, relative age can be determined
Anachronistic Fossils
Anachronistic Fossils
What do fossils showOrganisms today resembled past organisms
Some organisms have not changed over a very long period of time (horseshoe crab)
Transitional species
Derived TraitsNewly evolved traits
Feathers
Ancestral TraitsPrimitive features that appear in ancestral forms
Teeth, tails, claws, eyes, etc
