fossils
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"There are simply too many fossils to study over one person's career. There's more than a lifetime's worth of discoveries waiting to be found."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Fieldwork does produce new fossils, but important discoveries can also emerge from specimens that have already spent years stored, cataloged and protected in museums.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Finding fossils from much earlier periods requires searching in places where delicate biological material had an unusual chance of surviving.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Because fossils of these early multicellular organisms are difficult to find, he studies the chemistry of ancient rocks to identify the environments most likely to have preserved them.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Teds're extinct in most towns, but Lyme Regis's famous for fossils 'cause of the shale cliffs.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
