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How fossils provide evidence for evolution |
| Answer» The remains of dead animals or plants that lived in remote past are known as fossils. The fossils provide evidence for evolution. For example, a fossil bird called Archaeopteryx looks like a bird but it has many other features which are found in reptiles. This is because Archaeopteryx has feathered wings like those of birds but teeth and tail like those of reptiles. Archaeopteryx is, therefore, a connecting link between the reptiles and birds, and hence suggests thatthe birds have evolved from reptiles. Thus, fossils provide the evidence that the present animals and plants have originated from the previously existing ones through the process of continuous evolution | |