Which Statement Reflects A Possible Weakness Of The Fossil Record?

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Which Statement Reflects A Possible Weakness Of The Fossil Record?

(ebook Module 13.4) Only large animals can be fossilized. Many species probably did not die in the right place at the right time to be captured in fossils, and many fossils will never by found by paleontologists. The fossil record cannot answer any questions about behavior. The fossil record does not indicate chronology (the sequence of events).
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Many species probably did not die in the right place at the right time to be captured in fossils, and many fossils will never by found by paleontologists.

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