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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/amesydragon on 2024-08-28 16:27:48+00:00.

Original Title: In marine invertebrates called bryozoans, longer-term evolutionary patterns among some traits match up with shorter-term changes. This suggests that fossil-based models of evolution can accurately capture the process of change, despite long time intervals between some fossils.