Genetical experiments suggest that traits acquired during a person's lifetime are not inherited as proposed by Lamarck's theory that traits acquired or changed over an individual's lifetime could be passed on to its offspring. Through experiments, scientists through many observations and real examples that changes that often occur in an animal's life are not passed down to it's offspring.
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Index fossil that is also known as indicator fossil is used to determine the age of the layers of the rocks. It says that the new layer of sedimentary rocks lie over the old layer.
The deeper we go, the older the rocks we will find. Index fossil of animals that lived or survived only for a short period of time are very useful. An example of index fossil can be Ammonites that were found in Mesozoic era that was about 25-35 million years ago.
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