fossil
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They used fossil evidence, evolutionary family trees, and detailed maps of where living crocodile species are found today.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Its investment objectives state it must minimise its exposure to "fossil fuel reserves and carbon emissions" where possible.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Phipps also discovered the famous "Dueling Dinosaurs" fossil.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
One major target was the 760,000 wells that individually produce negligeable amounts of fossil fuels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
I would almost as soon believe with the old and ignorant cosmogonists, that fossil shells had never lived, but had been created in stone so as to mock the shells now living on the seashore.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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Giant-sequoia fossils have been found in Nevada, Colorado, South Dakota and other Western states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
They can also predict soft tissue adaptations, including swimming structures that rarely survive in fossils.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Maximum parsimony identifies evolutionary relationships that require the fewest changes in characteristics, while Bayesian tip-dating also incorporates statistical estimates of evolutionary history and information about when fossils lived.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
While examining fossils, Pohl noticed a belemnite that was considerably larger than any he had previously encountered.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Among the questions that attracted interest in that fanatically inquisitive age was one that had puzzled people for a very long time–namely, why ancient clamshells and other marine fossils were so often found on mountaintops.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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