Question

Significance of study of Fossils

Answer 1

The study of fossils reveals the sequence of development in animals and plants.

The following conclusions have been drawn from this:

1. The creatures of the past with the simple and undeveloped associations of modern organisms.

Are similar.

2. The creatures of ancient times were of relatively simple structure. Over time

Complexity is seen in the composition of fossils i.e. early fossils

Were simple structures and modern remains almost identical to modern creatures

3. Some fossils of different groups of organisms, such as fishes and amphibians,

Amphibians and Reptiles and Rectiles and Birds and Reptiles and Mammals

The transition between (ransitional) states.

Answer 2

Significance of study of fossils:

• Fossils are an important source of information that give us clues about what happened millions of years ago.
• Fossils of plants, animals and even footprints help ‘paleontologists’ to understand what sort of animals lived in a particular area, what the climate could have been like, what type of food sources were available and what the landscape these animals and plants lived in.
• Together these help to form a picture of what things were like millions of years ago.