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
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
To help interpret the chemical signals preserved in the fossil feathers, the team also ran experiments to help understand how feather proteins break down during the fossilization process.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
It might be called the fossilization of religious ideas.
From Sketches from Concord and Appledore by Stearns, Frank Preston
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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