Taphonomy is the study of
A) how stone tools are made.
B) how to tell fossil plants from fossil animals.
C) tree rings.
D) what happens to an organism's remains from the time of death to the time scientists find the remains.

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Taphonomy is the study of what happens to an organism's remains from the time of death to the time scientists find the remains. It includes the processes of decay, fossilization, and other modifications to organic material after death.

Taphonomy Is the Study of