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Fossil Evidence Evolution
Fossil Evidence Evolution
Fossil Evidence Evolution
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Fossils near the surface
are relatively recent,
while those that are
deeper are relatively
older.
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Fossil Evidence of Evolution
Radioactive Decay 4
Fossil Evidence of Evolution
Fossil
records
document
the course
of life
through
time
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Fossil Evidence of Evolution
• Fossils document evolutionary transition
• The oldest known bird fossil is the
Archaeopteryx
• It is intermediate between bird and
dinosaur
• Possesses some ancestral traits and
some traits of present day birds
• Archaeopteryx was first found in 1859
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Fossil Evidence of Evolution
Fossil of Archaeopteryx 7
Fossil Evidence of Evolution