Comparing fossil bones with modern animals bones Will it help you see the modern animals evolutionary history?

Fossils found, such as Wolly Mammoths,differ in many ways. Wolly mammoths are the ancestors to the elephants we have living today. The difference? Wolly mammoths are much longer and differ in size. For example, if you had a mammoth and an elephant stand on their hind legs, the mammoth would be taller.