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fossils

NOUN

organic remains of a previous time

Synonyms

STRONGEST

relic skeleton specimen trace

STRONG

deposit eolith impression neolith paleolith petrifaction reconstruction

Example Sentences

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Koharalepis belonged to the Canowindrid family, a group of fish that once lived across East Gondwana, with fossils now found in both Antarctica and Australia.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Preserved inside the 100 million-year-old resin are fossils from an ancient forest ecosystem that once supported a remarkable variety of creatures, including species never seen before.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

"You need more fossils. That's why it's an important field to train people in and for people to go out and find their own sites and find places that we haven't found fossils yet."

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

The 2025 Nature study reported Homo fossils at 2.78 and 2.59 million years ago, along with Australopithecus at 2.63 million years ago.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Digging for fossils under the hot tropical sun was very hard work.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall