fossilization
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"If this was true, they wouldn't survive fossilization except under very special circumstances where rapid fossilization outcompeted degradation."
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
This is a natural fossilization process in which minerals in groundwater precipitate out of the water and accumulate around the organic material.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2024
Given the rarity of fossilization for hominin remains and how few have been found, we might never catch a glimpse of our immediate direct ancestor, Wood says.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024
Ms. Losso was analyzing the trilobites’ appendages when she came across a curled Ceraurus trilobite with a set of plates called sternites lining its stomach that rarely survives fossilization.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2023
It is an important counterpoise to the hardening and fossilization which repeated habitual actions bring about in the nervous system.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin
Vocabulary lists containing fossilization
Evolutionary BIology - Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity - Middle School
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Paleontology - High School
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Paleontology - Introductory
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