fossil record
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"We came up with a somewhat ingenious set of methods to get at something very difficult to analyze in the fossil record."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Small animals are generally more difficult to find in the fossil record because their fragile bones are less likely to survive the fossilization process.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Major gaps in the fossil record have left long stretches of their early history almost invisible.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The discovery helps to reveal more about how these beasts lived in a part of the world where the fossil record is sparse.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
We know from the fossil record that the origin of life happened soon after, perhaps around 4.0 billion years ago, in the ponds and oceans of the primitive Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
