fossilization
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At such locations, fossils may retain not only bones and other hard tissues, but also delicate soft structures that are usually lost during fossilization.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
It also opens new possibilities for studying extinct animals at the molecular level, potentially giving scientists access to biological information that was once assumed to have vanished during fossilization.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
"If this was true, they wouldn't survive fossilization except under very special circumstances where rapid fossilization outcompeted degradation."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026
Based on this evidence, the researchers concluded that the animal had partially decomposed before fossilization, altering its appearance and leading to the earlier misidentification.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026
Till men began to wonder at the stratification of rocks, and the fossilization of shells, there was no science of Geology.
From Westminster Sermons with a Preface by Charles Kingsley
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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