Why is fossil evidence usually not enough to give a complete record of evolution?

a. soft bodied organisms do not readily fossilize

b. teeth and shells do not fossilize

c. some fossils are buried too deep for scientists to reach

d. organisms that are eaten after death are unlikely to fossilize

e. movement of earths crust destroys some fossils


a. soft bodied organisms do not readily fossilize

c. some fossils are buried too deep for scientists to reach

d. organisms that are eaten after death are unlikely to fossilize

e. movement of earths crust destroys some fossils

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