Describe how the fossil record could be used by scientists to explain the evolution of a species. justify your response in two or more complete sentences.

When scientists discover fossils from the past, it helps us to understand the species of the present and how they have evolved over time. For example, birds are the last trace of dinosaurs, which went extinct 65 million years ago.

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