Old and New Species Flashcards
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Why is the fossil record incomplete
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Soft bodes animals did not fossilise
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What can we learn from fossils
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How animals evolved and find animals that have died out
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Steps to fossilisation
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Animal died
Flesh rots and cover with soil, sand or clay
Becomes mineralised and turns to rock
Fossil emerges as erosion takes place