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What is the law of fossil succession?:

(8th Grade Science)
(Earth History)
(Layers & Layers of Rocks)

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Different Fossil organisms succeed one another to go up through the different rock layers in a definite and determinable order. Therefore, any time period can be recognized by its fossil content

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Different Fossil organisms succeed one another to go up through the different rock layers in a definite and determinable order. Therefore, any time period can be recognized by its fossil content

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