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Q: Why do scientists study fossil record so carefully?
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What do scientists use to study macro evolution?

The fossil record


What do scientists often use to study macroevolution?

The fossil record


What is one way scientist get information about evolutionary history of species?

There are many ways in which scientists study the evolution of plants. Scientists may choose to study fossils in the area for example.


What is paleocology?

Study of ancient communities in the fossil record.


What have scientists learned about past life on earth from the fossil record?

Scientists have learned about extinct species, what they looked like, their geographic distributions, their relative abundances, how they lived, and their period of existence.


What is Community Paleocology?

Study of ancient communities in the fossil record.


What do scientist use often to study macro evolution?

The fossil record


Do fossil records help to date fossils?

Fossil records contain radiation, and the older the fossil is, the less radiation it gives off. Scientists study how much radiation is in the fossil record, and they find out how old the earth is.


What is the study of fossil record of human evolution?

Paleoanthropologists, forensic anthropologists, and sometimes archaeologists.


What is the study of earthquakes and what is the instrument used by scientists to record earthquakes data?

Seismograph.


Where do scientists send their artifacts and fossils after they have found it?

well first they send it to either someting called the field where they check the artifact/fossil in certain conditions or they will send it to a laboratory where they will study it and make a record for it then it will stay there or be sent to a museum!


Why is it important for scientists to record and study data?

Recording and studying data is the primary way scientists can find out things about the world.