Adaptation by natural selection is thought to drive evolution. Although it has been difficult to confirm this process in the fossil record, evidence has been there all along: we just haven't been looking properly.
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Hendry, A. Darwin in the fossils. Nature 451, 779–780 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/451779a
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