What makes Archeopteryx an important fossil evolutionarily? This species has a mix of characters that suggest it was a "transitional" species between two large groups, dinosaurs and birds. This species is the oldest known, universally agreed upon, fossil of life, and therefore tells up what the common ancestor to all living things might have been like. This species is thought to be the last common ancestor between chimps and humans, and therefore is the root of our own specific group (homonins). This species has a mix of characters that suggests is was a "transitional" species between two large groups, fish and amphibians.

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What makes Archeopteryx an important fossil evolutionarily?

		This species has a mix of characters that suggest it was a "transitional" species between two large groups, dinosaurs and birds.
		This species is the oldest known, universally agreed upon, fossil of life, and therefore tells up what the common ancestor to all living things might have been like.
		This species is thought to be the last common ancestor between chimps and humans, and therefore is the root of our own specific group (homonins).
		This species has a mix of characters that suggests is was a "transitional" species between two large groups, fish and amphibians.

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