fossil

Example Sentences

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But for now, most in Europe still rely on fossil fuel imports.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

That includes increased demand on electricity grids that are often reliant on fossil fuels, and on local water supplies used to cool the hot servers inside.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Before this fossil was studied, the oldest known chelicerates came from the Early Ordovician Fezouata Biota of Morocco, dating to about 480 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The fossil was collected from the middle Cambrian Wheeler Formation in Utah's House Range.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

That life has changed fundamentally over the aeons is entirely clear from the alterations we have made in the beasts and vegetables during the short tenure of humans on Earth, and from the fossil evidence.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan