What is the study of fossils called? Mention any three points how the fossils throw light on past life?
The study of fossils is known as paleontology. It has been concluded that fossils throw light on past life as: A cross-section of Earth’s crust shows the arrangement of sediments one over another. Each sediment contains different life forms which most probably got extinct during the formation of particular sediment. Connecting or missing links contain characters of different groups.
