Question

3. All of the following are sampling errors in the fossil record EXCEPT:

A. only a small number of things fossilize

B. only a small number of fossils are ever found

C. only bone can fossilize

D. arger bones have a better chance of fossilizing than small bones

4. Which of the following were among Ida's traits:

A. opposable thumbs

B. a grooming claw

C. a dental comb

D. a baculum

5. Steno’s Law of Superposition states that each stratigraphic layer is

A. older than the one above it

B. changing over time

C. unpredictable in its age

6. Fossils are best defined as:

A. geological formations

B.ecofacts

C. mineralized copies of once-living organisms

D. remains of non-living things

7. Which type of fossil are the Laetoli footprints?

A. pseudo

B. partial

C. trace

Answer 1

Q3:- Option B

Explanation :- All of the following are sampling errors in fossilization except that only small number of fossils are ever found.

Q5:- Option A

Explanation:- Steno' s law of superposition states that each strategraphic layer is older than one above it.

Q6:- Option c

Explanation:- Fossils are best deacribed as mineralized copies on once living organisms  

Q7:- Option C

Explanation:- Laetoli footprint is actually trace fossil as they reflect behavour of bipedalism rather than actual remains.