Question
List 10 modern day animals and using the various resources available link it to a corresponding ancient fossil. Name both of them.
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Answer
| Animal | Ancient Fossil |
| Horse | Pliohippus |
| Camel | procamelus |
| Elephant | Stegolophodon |
| Octopus | Belemnite |
| Nautilus | Gyrouros |
| Gibbon | Propliopithecus |
| Orangutan | Dryopithecus |
| Man | Homo sapiens neanderthalensis |
| Chimpanzee | Dryopithecus |
| Gorilla | Dryopithecus |
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