How can fossils provide evidence for macroevolutionary processes, such as the divergence of two species from a common ancestor?

A. by providing a complete record of the
history of life
B. by exhibiting some features of ancestral
organisms and some features of more
derived organisms
C. by preserving the bones, rather than the
soft parts of ancient organisms
D. by preserving a large number of organisms
present in one place and one time, as is seen
in Messel Shale


B

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