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why are transitional species, such as the ancestors of modern whales or horses, crucial evidence for evolution?
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why are transitional species, such as the ancestors of modern whales or horses, crucial evidence for evolution?
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Transitional fossils are remnants of an organism that came in between a known version of a species and the current species. Allegedly, transitional fossils would be evidence for evolution because it would show intermediate forms of a species and they changed and accumulated adaptations at a slow pace.
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