fossil
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After comparing the specimen with the original T. proriger fossil housed at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology, researchers realized the Texas fossils represented a different species altogether.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
The fossil was originally discovered in 1979 near an artificial reservoir outside the city.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
Dombrovskis said the EU had to learn from the shocks by "further reducing its reliance on imported fossil fuels".
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
We combined fossil evidence with modern computational tools to reconstruct 320 million years of reptile skin bone evolution.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
On the industrial farm, it takes about ten calories of fossil fuel energy to produce one calorie of food energy.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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