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Scientists find the fossilized remains of a fish in the middle rock layers of a research site. They find the fossil of an insect in the lowest rock layers.

What can be concluded from this evidence?

A. the insect lived before the fish

B. the insect lived on the bottom of the ocean that the fish lived in

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It is A I think the insect lived first and so it is under because it is under a different layer so if they were around at the same time and the fish was just under water it would be in the same layer of rock but because it is different rock it was not around at the same time
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