No, it doesn't. consider for a moment that about 98% of all life on the planet is extinct. Now consider that the conditions necessary to produce fossils does not exist everywhere. You have a clue to why we do not have a complete, or even a miniscule record of the history of life on Earth.
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The fossil record is incomplete because not all fossils have been discovered. In actuality it is unlikely that all fossils will ever be discovered given the hit and miss nature of fossil discovery which usually occurs through educated guess work. The fossil record will likely never be complete.
dinosaur footprints
The fossil record shows that different species have evolved over time. The fossil record also provides evidence of how a specific organism evolved from earlier species. The fossil record shows that organisms have become more complex over time. It also shows which organisms lived during the same time period, which have a common ancestor, and which have become extinct.
The sum of all the fossils that exist is called that fossil record. It includes fossils from all geologic time periods.
No, the fossil record is not complete. Not all animals and plants were fossilized during the last 4 billion years of the earths existence.
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because earthquakes have destroyed everything
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No, the fossil record is not complete. Not all animals and plants were fossilized during the last 4 billion years of the earths existence.
Fossil records are not complete. By some estimates, less than 1% of organisms that have lived appear in the fossil record.
The answer is the fossil record :D
paleozoic
The fossil record organizes fos- sils by their estimated ages and physical similarities.
The fossil record organizes fos- sils by their estimated ages and physical similarities.
The fossil record of all species is not complete because the circumstances for fossils to occur is very rare. There must be a special type of sediment, a special type of death (not partially eaten). Therefore, not all species or mutations can be accounted for, however, there are documented fossils for most species or at least close relations