fossil
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At the time, the U.S. was doing fine with its fossil fuel production.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Instead of working with a nearly complete fossil skeleton, the team had to reconstruct the story from small fragments preserved inside one coprolite.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The original theme backing the rise was electrification, driven by a shift away from fossil fuels.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
In response to the assessment by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the UN warned that until humanity weaned off fossil fuels, the planet would only push deeper into uncharted territory.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“And that means, we are most likely to find a fossil in a place that once had water.”
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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Beyond the evolutionary findings, the researchers developed several experimental and computational methods that could expand what scientists can learn from valuable human fossils.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
At the same time, the team developed new paleoproteomics techniques that can extract valuable information from fossils while causing very little damage.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Ancient human remains are both scientifically irreplaceable and culturally important, making sampling methods that significantly damage fossils unacceptable in many cases.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Studying molecules preserved in H. erectus fossils presents another challenge.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
They had been going for three or four months every summer to look for fossils.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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