MS-LS4-2
Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
- Fossils
Dangerous dinos in the dark
Eye fossils reveal predatory dinosaurs’ preference for hunting at night.
- Environment
Busy bacteria leave big mark
Earth’s earliest life-forms built mounds on an Antarctic lake bottom.
- Animals
Eating can be skin deep
In the laboratory, bottom-dwelling hagfish absorb nutrients through the skin.
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- Fossils
Big fish in ancient waters
Fossils have revealed an ancient, oversized relative of modern-day swordfish.
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- Fossils
Ancient critter caught shedding Its skin
A fossil reveals that ancient animals shed their skin, just as insects and crustaceans do today.
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