fossil record

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"A little cluster of stomach stones, with two leg bones sticking out indicates that the animal was not fully pulled apart before it has hit the fossil record," Clarke said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

This challenge is made worse by gaps in Africa's fossil record, where most discoveries come from a limited number of locations, leaving large areas from this period unexplored.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

However, the fossil record does not preserve the entire lifespan of an individual animal.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

Other early primate relatives have been discovered in the southwestern United States, but they date to roughly two million years later – creating a gap in the fossil record that puzzled scientists… until now.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

The fossil record speaks to us unambiguously of creatures that once were present in enormous numbers and that have now vanished utterly.'

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan