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Just think about this : Imagine scientists studying plants and animals of the past WITHOUT fossils. The slightest clue found on fossils leads scientists towards a conclusion that would be impossible to get without a mineralized remains of a dead organism, that we call fossils. The most important factor is the visualization of that animal or plant's shape. The foot's shape, number of bones, of a fossiled animal may give to scientists a clue on how that extinct animal could run away from predators and so on. The slightest evidence is important to reach on a conclusion when a fossil is being studied, which would be impossible without them. In other words, fossils are the linkage with the pass

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