fossilized

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Using a combination of advanced laboratory methods, including protein sequencing and several forms of mass spectrometry, scientists detected remnants of collagen embedded within the fossilized bone.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Much of what we understand about dinosaurs comes from fossilized bones and teeth.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

Are they fossilized Martian microbes that lived billions of years ago when the planet next door was a wetter, warmer world?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

This was a fossilized program taking on a divisive, peripatetic local who’d pledged his prior job was going to be his “last job.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Each fossilized plant was identified, and there was also a chart showing the evolution of plants from the dinosaurs to the present day.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam