Fossils usually provide paleontologists with information about each of the following except an organism's:
A) Structure
B) Environment
C) Way of life
D) DNA
Provide a few words of explanation.
Answer (3)
The correct option is D. Paleontology is the study of the history of life on earth based on information and data that are obtained form fossils. Fossils are of different types, they can be remains of animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, etc. Information such as the structure of an organism, the environment in which it existed and its way of life can be obtained from fossils analysis. But fossils can not provide information about DNA because fossils don't possess nucleic acids on which DNA analysis can be based.
**Paleontologists **do fossils study and get information about the structure, lifestyle, and habitat of an organism. The **study of the fossil can not ascertain the genetic data of an organism. ** ;
The correct option is D) DNA because fossils do not preserve genetic material required for DNA analysis. Fossils provide information about an organism's structure, environment, and way of life, but they cannot give DNA details. Paleontologists study fossils to learn about the past life but cannot analyze DNA from these remains.
;
