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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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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

Zietlow, now at the History Museum at the Castle in Wisconsin, began investigating the fossils while working as a Ph.D. student in comparative biology at the American Museum of Natural History's Richard Gilder Graduate School.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Other famous mosasaur fossils previously identified as T. proriger are now being reassigned to T. rex.

From Science Daily • May 23, 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

At every change in rock strata certain species of fossils disappeared while others carried on into subsequent levels.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson