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I believe the answer would be 'E. hotspots'.
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A fault is found that cuts through lower rock layers but not those above it. What can most likely be concluded? The fault is the same age as the layers it cuts through, and the same age as the layers above it.
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The fish did not yet exist when the old layers of rocks were deposited. In fact, animals with hard parts did not evolve until about 600 million years ago, which is only about 13% of the 4.5 billion year age of the Earth. Multicellular animals without hard parts left tracks in older sediments, but had no fossilize-able body parts.
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Mutation. Mutations are changes to an organism's DNA and are an important driver of diversity in populations. Species evolve because of the accumulation of mutations that occur over time. ... Some mutations are unfavorable or harmful and are quickly eliminated from the population by natural selection.
