how fossils help to trace evolutionary relationships
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Fossils can help us solve many mysteries about history.
The size of their skeletons gives us a good idea about how large these animals were. By studying the shape of their bones and the structure of their skeletons,we can establish which were close and which were distant evolutionary relatives. By studying the structure of the fossilized bones in their hind legs and hips, we have found features which indicate that dinosaurs walked upright, with their legs extending straight down from the hips to the ground. This erect posture is one of the evolutionary innovations that makes a dinosaur a dinosaur, and it is by identifying such features that we can trace the sequence of dinosaur evolution. Two major lineages sprang from this common ancestor: We can recoganize the common ancestor.In addition to establishing evolutionary relationships, fossils can provide some information about the behavior of animals. Besides evolutionary relationships and some behaviors, the rocks in which fossils are preserved provide clues about what their environment might have been like and how long ago they lived.
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The size of their skeletons gives us a good idea about how large these animals were. By studying the shape of their bones and the structure of their skeletons,we can establish which were close and which were distant evolutionary relatives. By studying the structure of the fossilized bones in their hind legs and hips, we have found features which indicate that dinosaurs walked upright, with their legs extending straight down from the hips to the ground. This erect posture is one of the evolutionary innovations that makes a dinosaur a dinosaur, and it is by identifying such features that we can trace the sequence of dinosaur evolution. Two major lineages sprang from this common ancestor: We can recoganize the common ancestor.In addition to establishing evolutionary relationships, fossils can provide some information about the behavior of animals. Besides evolutionary relationships and some behaviors, the rocks in which fossils are preserved provide clues about what their environment might have been like and how long ago they lived.
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==> The remains (or Impressions) of Dead animals or plants that lived in the 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 weings 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 that the birds have evolved from the 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.
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