Can we extrapolate evolutionary trends observed in the fossil record to predict future changes?

Feb 15, 2018 ... “It's really a question of maintaining a good condition of the body after death – long enough to be buried under sediment and then altered ... The Berlin specimen was the second found body fossil of Archaeopteryx and the first Archaeopteryx which was acquired by a public museum in Germany in 1881 ... Aspidella terranovica Billings, 1872 – the first described Ediacaran body fossil – characterizes the Fermeuse fossil assemblage of eastern Newfoundland, ... Mar 31, 2020 ... However, it is becoming evident that this “body fossil record” is not complete. Ichnology – the study of tracks and traces – can complement ... May 6, 2024 ... Researchers Discover World's First Tapeworm Body Fossil. International researchers including scientists from Nanjing Institute of Geology and ... Oct 10, 2024 ... Body fossils are the remains of plants, animals, and microorganisms preserved in a geologic context. Body fossils are in contrast to trace fossils ( ... Mar 29, 2024 ... Scientists Discover World's First Tapeworm Body Fossil ... A team of international scientists has found a tapeworm body fossil in a mid-Cretaceous ... Apr 21, 2025 ... Conner Bennett: What we found are a variety of different fossil tracks. They are quite a bit different from body fossils, what we think of like ... A fossil refers to any remains or traces of past life that are preserved in the rock record. Fossils include the organisms remains, such as plant or animal ... The body fossil record of vertebrates extends back to the Early Cambrian (Shu et al. ; Janvier ). In contrast, corresponding trace fossils convincingly produced ...