| | Last lecture focused on what fossils are and how the thinking on them evolved through time. |
| | This lecture looks at how fossils form and their limitations. |
| | Fossils are formed through a series of geologic and biologic processes. |
| | Each step in the process, destroys some data on the original organism. |
| | As a result of these processes, The fossil record is a biased sample of past life. |
| The process of fossilization |
| Biases in the fossil record |
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