What patterns do scientist identify in the fossil record?

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Anneka · Answer 1 · 2022-05-02T01:37:46+0000

Instead of the typical bell-shaped curve, the fossil record shows a fat-tailed distribution, with extreme, outlier, events occurring with higher-than-expected probability. While scientists have long known about this unusual pattern in the fossil record, they have struggled to explain it.

What patterns do scientist identify in the fossil record?

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