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

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