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Lets Say if the fossil is Rare than they would Make a SPECIAL date of when It was found, even with evidence.
  • Scientist Found Rare fossil.
  • Told other scientists.
  • News Reporters talk about rare fossil found.
  • Scientist gets famous for finding the fossil.
  • The date was remembered for the memory of a found Fossil.
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  • so they can keep track of when it lived
  • what was it
  • what was is life style
  • time in history
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so that we know which species survived in which particular time...it helps to create a systematic information

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