In Systematics and Phylogeny, the Fossil Record Is Especially Important

Multiple Choice

In systematics and phylogeny, the fossil record is especially important because

A) most groups are well represented.
B) DNA can be extracted from nearly all ancient fossils and then analyzed.
C) random mutations make most biochemical methods unreliable.
D) it can provide the absolute timing of evolutionary events.
E) it provides the only data that are useful in reconstructing the past.