Which of the Following Is the Most Significant Limitation of Fossils

question 94

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the most significant limitation of fossils as a source of information about evolutionary history?

• A) It is sometimes impossible to determine when a fossil organism lived.
• B) The fossil record for many groups is fragmentary or even nonexistent.
• C) Most fossils contain no nucleic acids or proteins and therefore are worthless for studies of molecular evolution.
• D) It is impossible to determine if morphologically similar fossils belong to the same species, because one cannot know if the fossil species could have interbred.
• E) Most fossils provide no information about the morphology of soft anatomical structures or about external characteristics such as color.

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