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प्रश्न
What is the study of fossils called?
उत्तर
Palaeontology
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Describe in brief two methods of determining the age of fossils.
What is embryology?
How does Embryology study lead us to understand evolution?
What are fossils? Giving one example, explain how fossils provide evidence for evolution.
If the fossil of an organism is found in the deeper layers of earth, then we can predict that ______
The fossil trilobite was originally :
(a) an arthropod
(b) an invertebrate
(c) a reptile
(d) an ave
Some of the important fossils which have been studied are those of organisms X, Y and Z. X were marine arthropods which were common between 400 to 600 million years ago. Y were the invertebrate animals (molluscs) with a flat, coiled, spiral shell which lived in the sea about 180 million years ago. Z are the extinct carnivorous or herbivorous reptiles which appeared on the earth about 250 million years ago and became extinct about 65 million years ago. What are X, Y and Z?
List three factors that provide evidences in favour of evolution in organisms and state the role of each in brief.
The best way of direct dating fossils of recent origin is by ______.
How does fossilization occur in plants?
