Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Introduction: Fossils are the traces and leftovers of organisms that lived during the ancient times. The majority of the fossils consist of teeth, seeds, shells, mineralized bones, and spores of the ancient organism. Also, the impression of the foot prints, burrows, nests, eggshells, trails, or feces can collectively contribute to the evidence of life during the ancient times.

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