Question

True or false

Earth's discovered fossils organized by age and type of organism in a Phylogenetic tree

Answer 1

False. Fossils are often organized in a way that reflects their age and type of organism in a geological timeline or fossil record, but a phylogenetic tree specifically represents the evolutionary relationships among species based on their common ancestry, not just the discovered fossils by age. While fossils can provide data that contribute to constructing phylogenetic trees, the trees themselves are focused on evolutionary relationships rather than solely chronological organization.