Question

Which of the following is a significant benefit of studying fossils?

Fossils give information about the time periods in which organisms lived in the
past.
Fossils help prove that organisms of the past have little relation to present-dey
organisms.
Fossils give information about the colors and outer coverings of organisms that
are no longer living
Fossil evidence shows that changes that occurred in the past no longer occur.

Answer 1

Fossils give information about the time periods in which organisms lived in the

past.

Answer 2

Fossils give information about the time periods in which organisms lived in the past.

Step-by-step explanation:

Fossil records tells us the story of past like how old the earth is, how various plants and animals are being related to each other. They are generally seen in the surface layer of the Earth. The older ones are present in deeper layers than that of the younger ones. This is the best example that can be considered for continuous evolution. It is being used for the reconstruction of the evolutionary history. Again they are of three types, mold fossil(impression made in the substrate i.e. the negatie image of organism) cast fossils ( when the mold is filled), trace fossil ( burrows, footprints.)