The adaptations of organisms in a specific ecosystem are clues of evolution. for example, a giraffe has a long neck to reach leaves of high trees, birds migrate when cold weather comes etc
To smell and feel surfaces and sense temperatures
Answer:
1. They keep casts to preserve the real fossils.
2. Maybe someone would steal a fossil and sell it on the dark web?
3. They keep casts to keep the real fossils in prime condition, by that I mean like undamaged.