fossilization
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For decades, scientists generally assumed that fossilization destroyed the original organic molecules once present in bones, teeth, and other tissues.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
To investigate what happened during burial and fossilization, Tarhan's team used an innovative chemical approach.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 27, 2026
A recent study led by Tarhan and her colleagues, published last month in the journal Geology under the title "Authigenic clays shaped Ediacara-style exceptional fossilization," offers new insight into that process.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 27, 2026
Given the rarity of fossilization for hominin remains and how few have been found, we might never catch a glimpse of our immediate direct ancestor, Wood says.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 3, 2024
Again there is a sort of mental fossilization which we find in folk-lore and the deep-lying irrational superstitions and prejudices that still survive among modern civilized people.
From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Vocabulary lists containing fossilization
Evolutionary BIology - Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity - Middle School
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Paleontology - High School
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Paleontology - Introductory
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