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What fossils can tell us about the past

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I can describe what fossils can tell us about things that lived in the past.

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Fossils are our best form of evidence about Earth's history, including the history of life Fossils can give us clues about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago By studying the fossil record, we can tell how long life has existed on Earth Palaeontologists use the fossils they find to propose theories about living things from the past Theories about prehistoric living things change over time as we gather more evidence

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