fossils
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Using cross-polarized light imaging, the researchers were able to identify distinctive features that revealed the fossils had been misclassified for years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
They also reexamined mysterious stem insect fossils from the Early Devonian chert deposits of Britain and the Late Carboniferous Mazon Creek biota in the United States.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
The fossils of C. praecursor and related Paleozoic stem insects provide a new view of how the most species-rich animal group on Earth began its move onto land.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Soft tissue is exceptionally uncommon in fossils of early echinoderms, the larger animal group that includes crinoids and starfish.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Although he was pleased to have such an extensive collection, Charles was thinking about something bigger when he looked at his fossils.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
