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Fossils provide evidence for evolution.
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Is it true that fossils provide evidence for evolution?
Yes. Several textbook and reference sources state directly that fossils provide evidence for evolution, and peer-reviewed papers show fossils being used to reconstruct evolutionary origins and adaptation in specific lineages.
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Cartier, K. (2017). Fossils Provide New Clues to Tibetan Plateau’s Evolution. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017eo088853
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Human Evolution Evidence | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program. (n.d.). humanorigins.si.edu. https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence
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Flower-Associated Brachycera Flies as Fossil Evidence for Jurassic Angiosperm Origins. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.280.5360.85
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Fossils and phylogenies: integrating multiple lines of evidence to investigate the origin of early major metazoan lineages. (2007). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icm071
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Hannah, K. (2012). Biology. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/biology0000king
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author, I. N. (2016). GCSE biology. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/biology0000neil
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AQA GCSE biology. (2011). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/aqagcsebiology0000unse_u6h9
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Down-to-earth approaches to vertebrate paleontology. (1988). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2307/3514662
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Li, Y., Tihelka, E., Liu, Z., Huang, D., & Cai, C. (2021). New mid-Cretaceous cryptic slime mold beetles and the early evolution of Sphindidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.79.e72724
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