Our Origins: Discovering Physical Anthropology (Fourth Edition)
Our Origins: Discovering Physical Anthropology (Fourth Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393614008
Author: Clark Spencer Larsen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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To identify: The two main components around which paleontology or the scientific study of the fossil record is built.

Introduction: The scientific study of plants and the animal fossil is termed as Paleontology. It helps to study evolution. Fossils provide direct evidence of the life which existed in the past. They are remains of organisms which have transformed entirely or partially into the rocks. They have undergone a long process of chemical replacement.

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To explain: The contribution of these components for understanding biological evolution.

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