Summary:

  • Fossils are our best clues about the history of life on Earth.
  • Index fossils are of organisms that lived over a wide area.
  • An index fossil allows a scientist to determine the age of the rock it is in.
  • Fossils tell a lot about the environment during the time they were deposited.
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