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Describe the relationship between rocks and fossils found in the same rock layer.

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The three concepts are summarized in the general principle called the Law of Fossil Succession: The kinds of animals and plants found as fossils change through time. When we find the same kinds of fossils in rocks from different places, we know that the rocks are the same age. Scientists look for ancestors and descendants through geologic time.

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