Blog 2: Why is fossil record hard to interpret

The fossil record is hard to interpret because there are many organisms living and that have lived. In order to match a fossil to an organism or species you must find all the fossils that make up the species, or that would make it easier anyway. To interpret a fossil you must be very careful and gentle because of how fragile they are. It is also very hard to distinguish closely related fossils because of how a like the remains can be.

Bone fossils