fossilization
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This is a natural fossilization process in which minerals in groundwater precipitate out of the water and accumulate around the organic material.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2024
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
Ms. Losso was analyzing the trilobites’ appendages when she came across a curled Ceraurus trilobite with a set of plates called sternites lining its stomach that rarely survives fossilization.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2023
The tree trunks, which are subfossils -- remains whose fossilization process is not complete -- were sliced into tiny single tree-rings.
From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2023
Glimpses there were of the handy, affectionate, sympathizing woman, emerging from fossilization.
From Idolatry A Romance by Hawthorne, Julian
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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